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style='font-size:18.0pt;color:red;font-weight:bold'> March 9-19, 2009!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:windowtext'>Recent polls in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place> show that the
leftist FMLN party is 15% ahead over the right-wing presidential candidate
from the ruling party. This only confirms what Salvadorans in the social movement,
members of the FMLN, and the general public have been saying all along: <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>
is the next in line to join the Latin American shift to the left! <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
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color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:windowtext'>The Committee with the People of El Salvador (CISPES) has
a</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>long solidarity relationship
with the Salvadoran people. One way CISPES continues to support <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>REAL</span></i> democracy in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>, opposing US economic, military,
and political intervention, is by bringing international observers
delegations to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place>. You too can support free and
fair elections and learn about the current situation in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place> by joining the
CISPES delegation from March 9-19, 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:windowtext'>As international observers, we will help to ensure that
the elections are carried out in a peaceful climate for people to vote. We
will guarantee that dirty tricks used in the 2004 elections by the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
government and the right-wing ARENA party don’t happen again. And we
will denounce any political violence and fraud that might occur during the
election. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>In addition to being present on the March
15 Election Day, we will</span></font></b><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='color:windowtext;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>meet with social
movement groups to talk about the current economic and political
situation<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:windowtext;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>learn Salvadoran
electoral law and the role of observers<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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5.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6;text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>prepare people
to mobilize in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>
through CISPES chapters and the emergency response network in order to
challenge fraud OR defend a democratic victory.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
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