El Salvador: 'Change begins now!'
Comments OffThe article below is abridged from a June 3 statement by the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador. For more information, visit . On June 1, Mauricio Funes and Salvador Sanchez Ceren were sworn in as president and vice-president of El Salvador at the Feria Internacional Convention Center in San Salvador. It [...]
What We Want: Voices from the Salvadoran Left
Comments OffInterview with Ana Martinez Ana Martínez is an organizer and activist who was born in El Salvador in October 1980 – the same month and year that five armed leftist groups politically converged under the name of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) to confront military and civilian death squads and overthrow the Salvadoran [...]
Reader's view: Election result was victory for people of El Salvador
Comments OffI participated last month as an international observer of the presidential election in El Salvador, a historic event. The Arena Party, which governed during and after the civil war, was defeated. The war has been over for 17 years, but an economic war against the poor has increased. Its emphasis is on privatization and free-trade [...]
Historic Election Video El Salvador
Comments OffThis is a Video that shows the celebration and Dramatic conclusion of the recent historic presidential elections that you prob will never see on TV take a look..
Change in El Salvador?
Comments OffNow everyone is an expert in Salvadoran politics since the recent triumph of President-elect Mauricio Funes. It is quite an achievement that the former guerrilla group, the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), recently won the presidential elections, since it fought the U.S.-backed Salvadoran government from 1980 to 1992. Now that Mr. Funes has won, [...]
