News Briefs
Peru: Few Benefits from Boom for Poorest Mining Districts
(IPS) – The poorest district in Peru is in an area of intense mining activity, in a country where the mining industry accounts for nearly 60 percent of all export revenues. But the people of […]
El Salvador: Crisis, Poverty Huge Challenges for Leftist President
Credit:FMLN (IPS) – The main challenges faced by El Salvador’s leftwing president-elect Mauricio Funes are forging understandings with other political sectors, adopting measures to deal with the economic crisis, and especially its effects on the […]
El Salvador: Election Results Point to FMLN Victory (Radio Sin Miedo)
Celebrations for the FMLN are happening all over San Salvador. Supreme Electoral Tribunal Results: With 90% of votes counted, the FMLN has 51.3% of the votes, and ARENA has 48.7%.
Funes has declared victory!
Ongoing Reports from CISPES 2009 Salvadoran Elections Blog
Check out CISPES blog for all day reports during today’s election: http://cispes.org/09electionsblog/
US pledges to respect neutrality in Salvadoran elections — despite GOP bluster
Source: WW 4 Report On March 11—just four days before El Salvador’s historic election for president and vice-president—five Republican Congressmen gave speeches on the floor of the House of Representatives threatening that Salvadorans living in […]