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March 13, 2009

GOPers Threaten Salvadorans over Election Outcome
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Back in the United States, two Republican lawmakers have issued threats
over the outcome of Sunday’s national elections in El Salvador. On
Thursday, Republican Congress members Trent Franks of Arizona and Dan
Burton of Indiana said Salvadorans living in the US could lose their
immigration status and the right to send remittances home if the leftist
FMLN party wins the vote. Polls indicate the FMLN will beat the
right-wing ARENA party, which has long had close ties to Washington.
Five years ago, the Bush administration was accused of threatening to
cut off aid to El Salvador if voters supported the FMLN.



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