A supporter of Mauricio Funes, presidential candidate of El Salvador's Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, or FMLN, makes the victory sign during Funes' campaign closure rally in San Salvador, Saturday, March 7, 2009. El Salvador will hold presidential elections March 15. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) Council on Hemipheric Affairs
March 9, 2009
● One hundred forty specialists on Latin America call upon Washington’s chief diplomat to carefully monitor the "dirty campaign" being waged by rightwing groups in El Salvador
● Letter calls upon U.S. officials to emphatically state that the U.S. is prepared to work with any political party—including the FLMN—if it fairly and democratically wins the ballot.
● Scholars express their alarm over rising violence, dirty tricks, and "severe problems with the electoral registry."
(click here to read letter)
1 comments:
Good luck with that. Ever read the Church report?
I'd take odds that the White House is funding some of these rightist campaigns.
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