The US-based Committees in Solidarity with the Peoples of El Salvador (CISPES) sent international observers to El Salvador鈥檚 March 4 legislative and municipal elections. Drawing on their experiences and meetings with social movement organisations, the CISPES delegation published the following report on the elections and the challenges facing the left in the context of big gains for the right.
Salvador Sanchez
Latin American聽leaders have strongly defended聽the world鈥檚 most impoverished migrants after US President Donald Trump聽reportedly referred to certain developing聽nations as 鈥渟hithole聽countries鈥.
Bolivian President Evo聽Morales expressed his indignation on Twitter: 鈥淭o insult African countries, El Salvador and Haiti, Trump insults the world and demonstrates his opinions and politics are contaminated by capitalist racism, fascism, arrogance, and ignorance.
鈥淗istory has shown that those who offend like this end up eating their words.鈥