El Salvador: Information on the Las Pabas cooperative in San Pablo Tacachico in the department of La Libertad; on its activities, its leadership and the treatment of its members by the authorities
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | SLV22886.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, El Salvador: Information on the Las Pabas cooperative in San Pablo Tacachico in the department of La Libertad; on its activities, its leadership and the treatment of its members by the authorities, 1 March 1996, SLV22886.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab6b37.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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The following information was provided to the DIRB in a 1 March 1996 telephone interview with the director of the Confederación de Cooperativas de El Salvador (COACES), a confederation regrouping 50,000 members in 356 cooperatives in five federations throughout El Salvador.
The director stated that the cooperative Las Pabas did exist, but was disbanded three years ago. The cooperative regrouped 40 to 60 small farmers cultivating sugar cane, basic crops and tropical fruits.
According to the director the farmers still grow these crops but do not belong to a cooperative; they now work individually. The director also stated that no mistreatment against its members has been recorded since the end of the civil war. However, due to the rising wave of crime in El Salvador over the past three years, some members have been the victims of common criminals.
For additional information on the situation of union workers in El Salvador, please consult the attachments.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Confederación de Cooperativas de El Salvador (COACES), San Salvador. 1 March 1996. Telephone interview with the director.
Attachments
Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights 1995. 1995. International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). Brussels, pp. 56-57.
Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights 1994. 1994. International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). Brussels, pp. 38-40.
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