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<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:italic'>(español
sigue)<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>July 14, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>CONTACT: Arturo
Viscarra, DC CISPES: 617-820-3008 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'>Representative of new leftist government in El Salvador
visits U.S.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Audelia Lopez, member of the Salvadoran
National Assembly, will discuss advances in democracy in El Salvador and
Central America, and why the coup in neighboring <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Honduras</st1:place></st1:country-region> is such a setback for the
region<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Lopez, leader of FMLN party's Women's
Secretariat, is available for interviews<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Washington</span></font></st1:City><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>
<st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State> – Audelia Lopez, a long-time leader
of <st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>'s FMLN
(Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front) party, will visit the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> from July
11-19 as a representative of the new progressive Salvadoran government.
President Mauricio Funes was inaugurated on June 1, becoming the first leftist
president in the history of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">El
Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Ms. Lopez will meet with members
of community groups with ties to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:place></st1:country-region>, leaders of the local
immigrant rights movement, and women’s organizations. Ms. Lopez
will speak at various public events and is available for interviews.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Ms. Lopez’s tour
of the eastern <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>
includes stops in <st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">New
York</st1:State> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City>
<st1:State w:st="on">DC</st1:State></st1:place>. Ms. Lopez will reflect on the
historic victory of the FMLN in <st1:country-region w:st="on">El Salvador</st1:country-region>'s
March 2009 presidential election, including the role that <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> activists
played in counteracting the electoral intervention of Congressional Republicans
in the days before the election. She will also comment on the recent military
coup in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Honduras</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
it’s damaging effects on the “rule of law” in the region and
efforts by Central American governments to prevent such undemocratic
power-grabs from taking place in the future. Finally, she will focus on certain
initiatives of the new Salvadoran government, including efforts to support
Salvadoran immigrants living in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Ms. Lopez was a founding
member of the FMLN, which was created in 1980 as a political-military
organization that fought the repressive Salvadoran government in a 12-year
civil war. During the armed struggle she served as a combatant with the FMLN
and has continued to be a leader in the local politics of her home department
of Chalatenango. Ms. Lopez currently serves in the National Assembly as an
alternate and is a prominent leader of the FMLN’s Women’s
Secretariat.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>To schedule an
interview, please contact CISPES – Committee in Solidarity with the
People of El Salvador: ajviscarra@gmail.com, 617-820-3008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>view the <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=601&Itemid=53"
target="_self">bio of Audelia Lopez</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></li>
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mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>check out the <a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=589&Itemid=53"
target="_self">tour dates and events</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></li>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.cispes.org/">www.cispes.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:ideograph-numeric'><b><font size=2 face=Helvetica><span
lang=ES-SV style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>###<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt'>PARA DITRIBUCION IMEDIATA <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>14 de Julio de 2009 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>CONTACTO: Arturo
Viscarra, CISPES Washington DC: 617-820-3008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>Representante del nuevo gobierno
izquierdista de El Salvador visita EE.UU<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Audelia
López, miembro de la Asamblea Nacional Salvadoreña hablará sobre los avances
democráticos de El Salvador en comparación con el golpe de estado de Honduras<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>López, líder
de la Secretaria Nacional de Mujer del FMLN, estará dispuesta dar entrevistas
el viernes 17 de julio<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Washington DC –
Audelia López, una líder de muchos años del partido FMLN en El Salvador
visitará los Estados Unidos durante el 11-19 de julio como representante del
nuevo gobierno Salvadoreño. El Presidente Mauricio Funes fue inaugurado
el 1º de julio y se convirtió en el primer presidente izquierdista en la
historia de El Salvador. La Sra. López se reunirá con miembros de grupos
comunitarios con enlaces Salvadoreños, líderes del movimiento local para
los derechos de los inmigrantes, y con organizaciones de mujeres trabajando en
la área metropolitana de D.C. La Sra. López hablará en varios eventos y
estará dispuesta a dar entrevistas a los medios de comunicación. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Washington, D.C., es la
última parada de la gira de la Sra. López en el este de EE.UU. la cual incluye
paradas en Boston y Nueva York. La Sra. López compartirá
reflexiones sobre el significado de la histórica victoria del FMLN (Frente
Farabundo Marti para la Liberación Nacional) en las elecciones presidenciales
de El Salvador, incluyendo el papel que jugaron activista Estadounidenses
contrarrestando la intervención electoral de Congresistas Republicanos días
antes de las elecciones. También comentará sobre el reciente golpe de
estado en Honduras y los esfuerzos hechos por gobiernos Centroamericanos para
prevenir tales anti-democráticos arrebatos de poder en el futuro. Finalmente,
se enfocará en ciertas iniciativas del nuevo gobierno salvadoreños, incluyendo
esfuerzos para apoyar a los inmigrantes Salvadoreños viviendo en
EE.UU. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>La Sra. López fue una de
las fundadoras del FMLN, la cual fue creada en 1980 como una organización
política-militar que combatió el gobierno represivo salvadoreño en una guerra
civil que duro 12 años. Durante la lucha armada ella sirvió como
combatiente con el FMLN y ha continuado siendo una líder en las políticas
locales de su departamento natal, Chalatenango. La Sra. López actualmente
sirve en la Asamblea Nacional como suplente y es una líder prominente de la
Secretaría Nacional de la Mujer del FMLN. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Para obtener una
entrevista, por favor contar a CISPES – Comité en Solidaridad con el
Pueblo de El Salvador: ajviscarra@gmail.com, 617-820-3008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=ES-SV
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'><a
href="http://www.cispes.org/index.php?lang=es">http://www.cispes.org/index.php?lang=es</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;
text-autospace:ideograph-numeric'><b><font size=2 face=Helvetica><span
lang=ES-SV style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;font-weight:bold'>###<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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