El Salvador Electoral tribunal declares incumbent candidate the winner

Thursday, March 13th 2014 - 22:44 UTC

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A former Marxist guerrilla leader won El Salvador's presidential election by a margin of less than one quarter of one percentage point, according to final results released on Thursday, but the right-wing rival continued to press to have the vote annulled. Read full article

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Gordo1
I hope Sánchez Ceren recognises that the margin of his win is so small that he cannot and must not antagonize his opponents by continuing to promote his intended alliance with ALBA. To do so will make El Salvador ungovernable and we will be witnessing another Venezuela - maybe worse because El Salvador has no oil and its main export crop, coffee, is presently suffering from “roya”, an airborne disease which is difficult to combat.
The economy of El Salvador relies very heavily on remittances sent from abroad by expatriates, especially in the US, and this result could well be the cause of a severe reduction in these remittances.
Mar 14th, 2014 - 07:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Chicureo
I've read two books about the “football” wars and think this is only another sad chapter of problems the people if this country faces.
Mar 14th, 2014 - 02:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Gordo1
The football wars took place over 40 years ago and are totally irrelevant to the present situation. You clearly are totally uninformed viz a viz El Salvador.
Mar 14th, 2014 - 04:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
The Chavistas will be pleased.

Although I can't really see how El Salvador can provide any viable support for Maduro.
Mar 16th, 2014 - 04:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Gordo1
It is not support for Maduro - it is the other way around.

There are several ALBA financed companies already operating in El Salvador and during the election period ALBA Petroleos gave away thousands of laptops to schools as part of their support for Sánchez Ceren and the FMLN.
Mar 17th, 2014 - 07:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
Interesting! Thanks Gordo1
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