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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:right;
text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>January 8, 2009</span></font><font size=6
color=red face="Berlin Sans FB"><span style='font-size:28.0pt;font-family:
"Berlin Sans FB";color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>10</span></font></b><b><font size=5 color=black><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'> Days</span></font></b><b><font
size=5><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'> Until First Round
of Salvadoran Elections </span></font></b><b><font size=5 color=navy><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>–<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Take Action to Oppose Dirty Campaign!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>US State Department must respond to
false statements threatening immigrants<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>On the eve of the first round of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s
most contested elections since the 1992 Peace Accords, a right-wing
campaign of dirty propaganda, media misinformation, provocation and
violence continues to escalate. Beginning in late October and continuing to
this day, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Fuerza Solidaria</span></i>—a
right-wing organization founded in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Venezuela</st1:country-region>—has
flooded the Salvadoran airwaves and streets with a series of advertisements
attempting to frighten Salvadoran voters with threats of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
retaliation. The ads state that an FMLN victory would mean the end to
good relations with the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
government and thus the end to remittances sent home from Salvadorans
living in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
They also claim that an FMLN victory would threaten the Temporary
Protective Status (TPS) which allows over 200,000 Salvadorans to remain in
the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
These absurd threats are similar to the ones made back in 2004 by members
of the U.S. Congress, together with the governing ARENA party; such threats
turned a close election into a decisive victory for the right-wing
party. In the face of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Fuerza
Solidaria’s </span></i>blatant misrepresentation of the ramifications
of an FMLN victory, the U.S. State Department—which has privately
pledged neutrality in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s electoral
process—has remained silent rather than refute these claims.<strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman"><o:p></o:p></font></b></strong></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>The right
wing’s dirty campaign has not stopped at propaganda and
misinformation. Over the past year, political violence carried out by ARENA
and their allies has continued to rise, ranging from street attacks to
uninvestigated murders of more than a half dozen FMLN and social movement
leaders in 2008 alone. In September, </span></font></b></strong><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>ARENA campaigners attacked FMLN
supporters conducting door-to-door visits, sending four people to the
hospital in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San Salvador</st1:place></st1:City>.
In response to these attacks, ARENA's mayoral candidate for <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San Salvador</st1:place></st1:City>, Norman
Quijano, publicly admitted that his campaigners are armed and should be
"considered dangerous." Numerous other incidents of
government violence have occurred since the beginning of the year. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal'>With ten days
to go until the municipal and legislative elections (the presidential
election will be on March 15), the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> continues to be complicit
in the dirty campaign by not countering right-wing propaganda related to
its foreign policy. </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:windowtext'>This is
not neutrality! Demand that Assistant Secretary of State for Western
Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon make a public statement refuting the
right wing’s fear-based threats and declare that the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> will</span></font></b></strong><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'> <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>maintain a positive relationship with any government freely elected
by the Salvadoran people.</span></b></span></font><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman"><o:p></o:p></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Take Action!</span></font></i></b><i><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-style:italic'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>1) CALL Hillary
Thompson at the El Salvador desk of the State Department at (202) 647-4161 </span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>and tell her to </span>urge Assistant
Secretary of State Thomas Shannon<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>to
refute the baseless threats related to U.S. policy <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>(see call script below.) </span></i>You can also</font><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b><b><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>email <st1:place w:st="on">Shannon</st1:place>
directly at </span></font><a href="mailto:shannontaB@state.gov">shannontaB@state.gov</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>2) PARTICIPATE</span></font>
in the CISPES week of action from January 12-18.</b> Contact your
local CISPES chapter in <st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">New York</st1:State>, <st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State>, <st1:City w:st="on">Seattle</st1:City>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Olympia</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Portland</st1:City>, <st1:City
w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City> and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Los Angeles</st1:place></st1:City> (<a
href="http://cispes.org/index.php?option=com_contact&catid=59&Itemid=3">go
here for contact info.) </a> Or organize your own local action - more
information at <a href="http://www.cispes.org/">www.cispes.org</a><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;
font-weight:bold'>3) ATTEND</span></font> a delegation to monitor the March
elections.</b> More information at <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/delegations">www.cispes.org/delegations</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.25in;text-align:center'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'>You can use the following script to contact Hillary
Thompson at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place> Desk of the State Department –
(202) 647-4161</span></font></b><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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1. I am calling to urge Assistant Secretary of State Tom Shannon to
publicly support democracy in <st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>
by <strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:
normal'>refuting <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Fuerza
Solidarida’s </span></i>baseless threats, and to state the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place>
government’s intention</span></font></b></strong> to maintain a
positive relationship with any government </span></font><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext'>freely elected by the Salvadoran people</span></font><strong><b><font
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:windowtext;
font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>2. Recent
ads in <st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>
attempt to scare voters by stating that an FMLN victory would mean the end
to good relations with the U.S .government and thus an end to remittances
sent home from Salvadorans living in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place></span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>In
addition to threatening remittances, the ads also threaten Salvadoran
American’s Temporary Protective Status (TPS) which allows over
200,000 Salvadorans to remain in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext'><span
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>Similar
statements were made in 2004 by Roger Noriega of the State Department and
by Rep. Tom Tancredo of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Colorado</st1:place></st1:State>,
among others.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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l2 level1 lfo4'><![if !supportLists]><font size=2 color=black face=Symbol><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>These
statements caused many Salvadorans to vote out of fear of <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
retaliation, rather than according to their convictions. As someone who
believes in democracy, I want to make sure the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> does allow untrue, fear-based
threats to affect elections again in 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>3.
It is extremely important that the State Department stand up for the
Salvadoran people’s right to freely elect their government, without
fear of foreign retribution. I am calling on Mr. Shannon to denounce
the<i><span style='font-style:italic'> Fuerza Solidaria’s </span></i>baseless
statements regarding the <st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region>
relationship with <st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>,
and to assert that the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United
States</st1:place></st1:country-region> will maintain a positive
relationship with any government freely elected by the Salvadoran
people. When a third party lies about <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> policy, it is the
responsibility of the Department of State to correct those statements.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
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font-style:italic'>For more background information:<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>read this <a
href="http://cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=500&Itemid=29">CISPES
article in the latest issue of <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Z magazine</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>check out recent <a
href="http://cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=498&Itemid=29">CISPES
updates</a> and press releases<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Read the summer <a
href="http://cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=461&Itemid=29">CISPES
fact-finding delegation report</a> challenging the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place> government role in human
rights violations and intervention<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>watch <a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9CqRotR3qg">“Unidos Por El
Cambio”,</a> the CISPES video about the upcoming elections<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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