CISPES 2009 Elections Analysis: The Road to Victory and Beyond

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CISPES 2009 Elections Analysis: 
The Road to Victory and Beyond

 

Download the <http://cispes.org/documents/March09_analysis.pdf>  report as a
PDF

 

Starting at 7am on Sunday March 15, Salvadorans headed en masse to the polls
to cast their ballots for the future president; by 9:30pm Mauricio Funes,
presidential candidate of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
(FMLN), pronounced himself President-elect of El Salvador—the very first
leftist head of state in the country’s history. 

 

The historical significance of this shift in power cannot be understated
considering the repressive rule that the right-wing has exerted over the
Salvadoran people since the massacre of nearly 30,000 indigenous campesinos
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 ARENA
party, one of Washington’s closest and longest-standing allies in Latin
America, Salvadorans have dealt another blow to the Washington Consensus and
to the United State’s presumption of free reign throughout the Americas. 

 

Read
<http://www.cispes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=541&Itemid=
29>  the full report with photos and links on the CISPES Website

 

Please see http://cispes.org/09electionsblog/for more complete coverage from
Election Day

 




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