Salvadoran Victims of Quake Protest
The Permanent Department for Risk Procedures announced Friday that, six years after the January 13, 2001 earthquake in El Salvador, the affected population has not seen the government´s promises fulfilled.

Carolina Amaya, representative of that entity and of the Salvadoran Ecological Unit, assured that the authorities and State have pending duties with the injured people.

She said it was troubling that there is neither a practical proposal nor a governmental prevention plan against possible catastrophes nor for repair for damages suffered in 2001.

In the name of her organizations, Amaya called on the Executive to create a feasible project, including community participation, and criticized the zero commitment by authorities regarding future natural disasters.

Amaya noted that the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources is still at the investigation stage, while the National Service of Territorial Studies had planned to educate the population in prevention and damage control, but has not done much.

NGOs, comprised of different pro-environment entities, proposed a law having risk prevention as its main axis that was discussed by several social sectors with the National Emergency Committee. However, it was not considered by the central government.