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Latin American governments “apologize” for dictatorships’ crimes

By Bill Van Auken, January 20, 2012

The formal state apologies offered by the governments of El Salvador and Uruguay for decades-old atrocities carried out by rightist regimes only underscores the failure to hold accountable those responsible for these crimes.

After winning El Salvador vote

FMLN vows respect for private property and Washington

By Bill Van Auken, March 18, 2009

After winning the El Salvador presidential election Sunday, ending the right-wing ARENA party’s two decades of rule, the FMLN vowed to pursue a policy that included defense of private property and closer ties with Washington.