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U.S. – El Salvador Sister Cities 2014 Election Observation Delegation

By Vic Hinterlang Austin-Guajoyo Committee Following up on our trip last May to Guajoyo, Austin’s Salvadoran Sister City, (See Austin-Guajoyo Sister City Project, May 31, 2014), Jennifer Long and I decided to return to El Salvador as International Observers of the February 2nd Presidential Election. Three parties, the FMLN, which currently holds the presidency in the […]

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Dispatch from Round 1 Election Day

By Rachel Wyon, Cambridge-San Jose La Flores Committee   As part of the Sister Cities Election Observation Delegation, I was in El Salvador from January 28-February 5. Election Day on February 2nd was a spectacular day.  Twenty-two years after the signing of the Peace Accords – a short generation ago – and the FMLN and […]