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28.01.09: Coming elections in El Salvador, part three

In her third commentary from the electorial campaigns in El Salvador, Fatima Valdes Haugstveit, Norwegian election observer in El Salvador, summarizes the results of the municipal elections, and the elections to the national and Central American Parliaments. She argues that the allegations of irregularities and fraud and the partisan nature of the electoral court are bad omens for the presidential elections in March, but that democracy is still holding strong. Read comment

07.11.08: Coming elections in El Salvador, part two In her second commentary from the electorial campaigns in El Salvador, Fatima Valdes Haugstveit comments on how the current opinion polls show a moderate lead to the left wing party FMLN, closely followed by the conservative Arena. Valdes Haugstvedt gives a general report of the political programs of these two parties and the current electorial atmosphere in El Salvador. Read comment

04.11.2008: Truth in the lens of the beholder? Charles Arthur comments on how media images from Latin America distort our perceptions of the region, exemplified through the release of Betancourt from FARC captivity in Colombia, and recent documentary and news representations of Haiti. Read comment

26.09.2008: Coming elections in El Salvador 2009, part one Fatima Valdes Haugstveit follows the preparations for elections in El Salvador in 2009, where she will be an election observer.This is the first of three articles that she will write for NorLARNet on the coming elections. Read comment