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<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=2
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color:windowtext'>January 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
color=red face=Verdana><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
color:red;font-weight:bold'>Week of Action to Defend Free and Fair
Elections in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'><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;
color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Salvadorans respond to
increased violence, CISPES holds press conferences and vigils to pressure
US State Department to declare neutrality<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'>CISPES chapters across the
country are taking part in press events, call-in-days, and vigils this week
to support Salvadorans in their quest for democratic elections, free of
violence, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>
intervention, fraud and manipulation. In <st1:City w:st="on">Los
Angeles</st1:City>, CISPES joined allies in a rally outside the Salvadoran
Consulate on Tuesday, and a similar event will take place in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:place></st1:City> on
Friday. In <st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State>, CISPES and allies are holding a press conference
outside the US State Department to pressure Assistant Secretary of State
Thomas Shannon to both declare <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region>
neutrality and to refute recent ads in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region> by the right-wing
group Fuerza Solidaria. <i><span style='font-style:italic'>(Stay up
to date with the CISPES actions as well as all-day elections coverage of
the January 18 Salvadoran municipal and legislative elections at <a
href="http://cispes.org/09electionsblog/">http://cispes.org/09electionsblog/</a>)
<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
<p style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>Meanwhile, the assassinations of <a
href="http://cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=504&Itemid=28">two
FMLN activists on January 9</a></span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>, </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>along with continued campaign violence in the
capital city of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">San Salvador</st1:place></st1:City>,
have increased tensions and led analysts and social organizations to accuse
the government of stoking political violence.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='text-indent:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>The fear campaign has been
spearheaded by the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Fuerza Solidaria</span></i>
ads, which state that a leftist FMLN party 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) that 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 threats are similar to the ones made back in 2004 by members of the
U.S. Congress, together with the governing ARENA party, which 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 has remained silent, rather than refute these claims.<strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></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'>
With only a few days left before the January 18 municipal and legislative
elections, 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><i><font
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:windowtext;
font-style:italic'>Take action</span></font></i></b></strong><strong><b><font
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:windowtext;
font-weight:normal'> to 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 declaring that the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> will</span></font></b></strong><b><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>maintain a positive relationship
with any government freely elected by the Salvadoran people.<strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman"><o:p></o:p></font></b></strong></span></font></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 <st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>
desk of the State Department at (202) 647-4161 </span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>and tell her to </span></font>urge
Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'> </span></b>to refute the baseless threats related to <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place>
policy <i><span style='font-style:italic'>(see call script below.) </span></i>You
can also<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:shannonta@state.gov">shannonta@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) Get your
organization to sign on to the open letter to the incoming Obama
Administration. </span></font></b><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'>The updated letter can be <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/documents/ElSAlvador_obama_letter_final.pdf">downloaded
here</a> and the new deadline for signatures is January 30.</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>
<p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;
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>
------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<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>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><br>
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><o:p></o:p></p>
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</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:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</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:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Colorado</st1:State></st1:place>,
among others.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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</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:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> retaliation, rather than
according to their convictions. As someone who believes in democracy, I
want to make sure the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place>
does allow untrue, fear-based threats to affect elections again in 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United
States</st1:country-region></st1:place> will maintain a positive
relationship with any government freely elected by the Salvadoran
people. When a third party lies about <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> 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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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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</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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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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