On AlterNet: el salvador

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How the US Props Up Criminals and Murderers All in the Name of Our Catastrophic Drug War

Ryan Devereaux, AlterNet. July 8, 2011.

The US appears to be repeating its historically catastrophic strategy of propping up human rights abusers and simplistically relying on militarization to root out social problems.

El Salvadoran Government & Social Movements Say No to Monsanto

Carlos Martinez, AlterNet. May 26, 2011.

El Salvador's breadbasket has an alternative vision to the one that US biotech firms like Monsanto would like to impose: "food sovereignty."

Obama's Drug War in El Salvador

Roberto Lovato, ColorLines. April 1, 2011.

For author Lovato el Salvador feels like 1980, the year its civil war started, after U.S.-trained death squads murdered Monsenor Oscar Arnulfo Romero.

Will There Be Justice for the Victims of El Salvador's Jesuit Massacre?

Pamela Merchant, AlterNet. November 23, 2009.

El Salvador's President Funes has affirmed his commitment to seeking the full truth of the military's role in the massacre.

Still No Justice for Priests in Notorious El Salvador Massacre 20 Years Later

Norman Stockwell, AlterNet. November 18, 2009.

In 1989, six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter, were brutally murdered in El Salvador. Two decades later, the extent of U.S. complicity remains largely unspoken.

Obama's Cuba Moves Do Little to End the Economic War on Havana

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. April 7, 2009.

While a step in the right direction, easing travel restrictions to Cuba doesn't end the economic blockade of Cuba. That change is long overdue.

Exclusive Interview with El Salvador's New President on Ending 130 Years of Oligarchy and Military Rule

Roberto Lovato, Josue Rojas, New America Media. March 18, 2009.

Mauricio Funes, the first leftist elected president El Salvador, discusses his hope for strong ties with the U.S. and key issues his country faces.

"This is the Defeat of Ronald Reagan": Leftist Candidate Wins in El Salvador

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. March 16, 2009.

Journalist Roberto Lovato on the historic win of FMLN candidate Mauricio Funes, whose victory ends two decades of conservative rule.

Media War Heats Up Around El Salvador's Elections

Roberto Lovato, New America Media. March 15, 2009.

Big media power presents a major obstacle to the Salvadorean left, but the digital age has also provided them with new means to fight back.

In El Salvador, Cautious Optimism On What a Progressive Win Would Mean for U.S. Relations

Roberto Lovato, New America Media. March 14, 2009.

Bush-era policies like CAFTA and the Iraq War have turned Salvadorans against the U.S. and its allies in the ARENA government.

El Salvador is Poised to Break With the Past; Is the U.S. Ready to Change its Policy Toward Latin America?

Mark Engler, Foreign Policy in Focus. March 13, 2009.

Washington's past policies in El Salvador have been deadly. With Salvadorians poised to vote for change, the U.S. should embrace it.

El Salvador Poised to Become Next Latin American Country to Shift Leftward

Staff, NACLA. March 2, 2009.

If the FMLN wins, El Salvador will be joining an ever-growing group of left-leaning government's in Latin America.

The Bizarre Life and Angry Times of Bill O'Reilly

John Dolan, AlterNet. December 31, 2008.

O'Reilly's book tells the tale of how he blustered and threatened his way through life to reach TV stardom.

Is the U.S. Planting Evidence to Help Fight the Left in Latin America?

Revolter, BoRev AlterNet: PEEK. July 28, 2008.

US intervention, laptop accusations, and a right-wing media frenzy.