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Latin American leaders shun Honduras election results

Posted December 2nd, 2009 by Megan Rowling
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Inter Press Service reports on how Brazil, Argentina and most other Latin American countries are refusing to accept the results of the November 29 presidential elections in Honduras, which were won by Porfirio Lobo, a conservative rancher and candidate of the de facto government. 

The condemnation of many leaders in the region clashes with US efforts to push for international recognition of the poll organised by the regime that has been in power since the June 28 coup.

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El Salvador elections: Scare tactics, political violence and US interference

Posted January 25th, 2009 by Megan Rowling
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Cynthia Orchard says election scare tactics may be losing their power

Between two and three million Salvadorans (nearly a third of the total population) live in the United States, with some 229,000 residing there legally under Temporary Protected Status. Many send money back to their families in El Salvador, and in a country with very low wages, few job opportunities and rising prices, many Salvadorans rely on these remittances to meet their basic living expenses.

FMLN ahead in presidential election campaign

Posted January 25th, 2009 by Megan Rowling
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In January, El Salvador holds elections for its legislative assembly, local municipalities and the Central American Parliament, followed by presidential elections on March 15. Can the FMLN, the leftist party of former rebels, win power for the first time since the bloody 12-year civil war ended with peace accords in 1992?

Camilo Melara Vides reports on what the opinion polls say

FMLN wins El Salvador parliamentary poll

Posted January 25th, 2009 by Megan Rowling
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From the BBC News website, January 25

El Salvador's former rebel movement has become the country's largest political party, 17 years after signing a peace accord that ended the bitter civil war.

But the Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN) failed to win a majority of parliamentary seats, final results from last week's vote have shown.

A party spokesman called the result a platform for victory in El Salvador's presidential election in March.

It is their first such win since the end of the conflict in 1992.

Final results from Sunday's parliamentary election gave the FMLN 35 seats against 32 for the governing conservative party Arena, election officials announced.

But conservative parties and their allies can still hold a majority in the 84-seat assembly if they combine forces.

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