During the actual election night, we were in a rural community called Suchitoto where our professor, Sister Peggy, runs a community center called the Centro de Arte Para la Paz (the Center for Peace through the Arts). Leading up to the confirmed victory of Mauricio Funes (the presidential candidate of the FMLN), the streets were packed with people cheering and chanting in their FMLN gear.
Fireworks were lit off a-plenty.
At the local bar in our neighborhood, everyone packed in around one little tiny TV. Their red and white FMLN t-shirts say "Nace la esperanza, Viene el cambio" (Hope is being born, Change is coming).
When Mauricio's victory was confirmed, people ran, drove and marched through the streets waving FMLN flags and chanting "El Pueblo, Unido, Jamas Sera Vencido" (The people, united, will never be defeated). This is the first time since El Salvador has been a country that it has ever had a left-wing, non-oppressive leader in power. It is also the first fraudless election El Salvador has ever had. What I'm trying to say is, it's kind of a big deal.
During the actual election night, we were in a rural community called Suchitoto where our professor, Sister Peggy, runs a community center called the Centro de Arte Para la Paz (the Center for Peace through the Arts). Leading up to the confirmed victory of Mauricio Funes (the presidential candidate of the FMLN), the streets were packed with people cheering and chanting in their FMLN gear.
Fireworks were lit off a-plenty.
At the local bar in our neighborhood, everyone packed in around one little tiny TV. Their red and white FMLN t-shirts say "Nace la esperanza, Viene el cambio" (Hope is being born, Change is coming).
When Mauricio's victory was confirmed, people ran, drove and marched through the streets waving FMLN flags and chanting "El Pueblo, Unido, Jamas Sera Vencido" (The people, united, will never be defeated). This is the first time since El Salvador has been a country that it has ever had a left-wing, non-oppressive leader in power. It is also the first fraudless election El Salvador has ever had. What I'm trying to say is, it's kind of a big deal.
