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    font-family:Arial'>Starting at 7am on Sunday March 15, Salvadorans headed <i><span
    style='font-style:italic'>en masse</span></i> to the polls to cast their
    ballots for the future president; by 9:30pm Mauricio Funes, presidential
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    pronounced himself President-elect of <st1:PersonName w:st="on">E</st1:PersonName>l
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    font-family:Arial'>The historical significance of this shift in power
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    has exerted over the Salvadoran people since the massacre of nearly 30,000
    indigenous <i><span style='font-style:italic'>campesinos</span></i> in
    1932. In electing the FMLN, the political party formed in 1980 as an
    alliance of popular armed forces that fought back against widespread state
    repression, the Salvadoran people have created an opportunity to realize
    the goals of social and economic justice. Furthermore, in rejecting the AR<st1:PersonName
    w:st="on">E</st1:PersonName>NA party, one of <st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State>&#8217;s
    closest and longest-standing allies in Latin America, Salvadorans have
    dealt another blow to the Washington Consensus and to the <st1:PlaceName
    w:st="on">United</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType>&#8217;s
    presumption of free reign throughout the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
     w:st="on">Americas</st1:country-region></st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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