Canadian Salvadorians Of Winnipeg, CASA, Inc. Non-Profit Organization
Empowering the Canadian-Salvadorian community since 2014!
About Casa Salvadoreña
Our Mission
Casa Salvadoreña is committed to promoting, developing, and sharing Salvadorian culture within a framework of humanistic values. We strive to support heritage, education, cultural exchange, and volunteer opportunities.
2025-2027 Board of Directors.
- President: Oscar Martinez
- Vice-President: Tony Sorto
- CEO: Oscar Calix/Cofounder
- Co-Founder: Neria Barrera
- Treasure: Saul Parada
- Secretary: Erick Bonilla
- Members at large/AdHoc: Neria Barrera, Elman Montoya, Aminta Monterrosa, Julio Aguilar
Monthy Meetings: Every first Saturday of the month. - Virtual or in person.
2025-2027 CEO/ Co-founder
Mr. Oscar Martinez, 2025-2027 President of COSW
- CEO /Cofounder Oscar Calix,
B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.
Academic
Mr. Oscar Martinez, 2025-2027 President of COSW
Mr. Oscar Martinez, 2025-2027 President of COSW
Business owner
Flor Herrera 2025-2027
Aminta Monterrosa 2025-2027
Flor Herrera 2025-2027
- Adhoc
Neria Barrera 2025-2207
Aminta Monterrosa 2025-2027
Flor Herrera 2025-2027
- Ad/Hoc: Co-Founder
- Logistic
Erick Bonilla 2025-2027
Aminta Monterrosa 2025-2027
Aminta Monterrosa 2025-2027
- Secretary
- Entertainment committee
- Professional DJ
Aminta Monterrosa 2025-2027
Aminta Monterrosa 2025-2027
Aminta Monterrosa 2025-2027
- Ad/Hoc
- Entrepreneur
Tony Sorto Vice President 2025-2027
Tony Sorto Vice President 2025-2027
Tony Sorto Vice President 2025-2027
- Vice-President, Logistics
- Business Management
- Radio presenter of Espacio Latino (91.1 FM)
- Notary Licensed
Elman Montoya 2025-2027
Tony Sorto Vice President 2025-2027
Tony Sorto Vice President 2025-2027
- Ad/Hoc, Logistic
- Entrepreneur
- Professional Chef
Saul Parada 2025-2027
Tony Sorto Vice President 2025-2027
Saul Parada 2025-2027
- Treasurer
Julio A. 2025-2027
Tony Sorto Vice President 2025-2027
Saul Parada 2025-2027
- Ad/Hoc
- Educator
Video
Central American artist
Emilio (El Salvador) and Jaime (Costa Rica) are friends of CSOW. Long-time supporters
Revitalizing El Salvador (Cuzcatlan) pre-invasion narratives.
In search of our own narratives. Decolonizing the minds, the education, and the pedagogy of our Mesoamerican Nations.
We do not celebrate, promote, or believe in the colonial Hispanic narrative. The term Hispanic is a failing attempt by Spain to revive its colonial dreams over our American Nations. October 12 is a day to remember the Resistance of our Americas' First Nations. America is not a country but a continent. If you were born in El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Argentina or Canada, you are all Americans.
Did you Know ?...that... BEFORE the invasion
At the end of the 10th century AD, Tecpancaltzin, ruler of Thia, the capital of the powerful Toltec Empire of Anahuac, received a visit from Chief Paplzin and his daughter, Princess Xochitl, known as "The Flower." They brought two inventions previously unknown in the empire: chancaca and the dark maguey honey. Tecpancaltzin fell deeply in love with Princess Xochitl, and together they had a son named Topilzin Acxitl.
Topilzin Acxitl was trained in the use of weapons and educated in the teachings of his time, including the priesthood of Quetzalcóhuatl, the god of wind and the evening star, and Tuntiuh, the god of sunrise. He also mastered the cyclical calendars and the sacred arts of high magic, which involved understanding the spirit and applying the laws of nature with balance.
When his father died, Topilzin Acxitl inherited the royal authority, a decision welcomed by the people. Yet, the king’s widow opposed him and spread hatred against him. She persuaded many, including her own sons, to follow the cult of darkness devoted to Tezcatlipoca, the nocturnal moon. This created division within the Toltec Empire, leading to a civil war driven by both political and religious conflict.
Topilzin Acxitl faced this civil war, led by his half-brothers. After many years of struggle, he received a divine message from Tezcatlipoca: “Go to Huhuetiapallan, where the sun rises, to the lands of your ancestors.” He then journeyed to what is now El Salvador, the homeland of the Toltecs’ ancestors, likely from the Lenca and Yaqui-Pipil nations.
According to the chronicles, Topilzin Acxitl traveled east to Huhuetiapallan, near the southern sea and Lake Guija (Tula de Guija). There, he founded several settlements, including Cempoal, Cholula, Escuintla, and Tecpan-Izalco. In 1054, he established the city of Cuzcatlán, a renowned center of wealth and noble power. From Cuzcatlán, he later moved to holy city of Mitlán, one of the most significant pre-Columbian cities in Mesoamerica, whose capital was Copán.
Cuzcatlán is written with a “Z,” not an “S,” because the letter “S” does not exist in the Nahuat language of El Salvador. “Nahuatl” refers to the Mexican variant, while “Nahuat” is the Salvadoran one.
source: Jorge Larin y Larin (2018). El Salvador: Historia de su pueblos, villas y cuidades. Ministerio de Cultura de El Salvador.
Oscar A, Calix
October 22, 2025
Berens River First Nation
Consulted the 1957 first edition, which is part of my private collection. Inhereted by my Grandfather Adolfo Perez, former Mayor of Yucuaiquin in the late 1950-60's)
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