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U.S. watches from sidelines as power shifts in El Salvador

WorldDesk (blog)

June 1, 2009
U.S. watches from sidelines as power shifts in El Salvador

As El Salvador inaugurates Mauricio Funes, the U.S. has praised the peaceful transfer of power between former adversaries. Worldfocus blogger Peter Eisner traces the country's troubled history and U.S. involvement.

El Salvador veers left in presidential election

Blogwatch / Video

March 16, 2009
El Salvador veers left in presidential election

After 20 years of conservative rule by the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance party, El Salvador elected leftist Mauricio Funes of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front on Sunday.

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