Leftist Elected in El Salvador
March 16, 2009 4:34 AM Subscribe
In light of the Salvadoran right’s fear-mongering campaign in advance of the Central American nation’s Sunday presidential election, which has sought to portray leftist candidate Mauricio Funes of the Farabundo Martí Liberation Front (FMLN) as a kind of dangerous foreign agent of Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez, perhaps it’s instructive to consider the political history of the past four years.
I heard that Mauricio Funes doesn't have a valid US birth certificate.
posted by DU at 5:42 AM on March 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by DU at 5:42 AM on March 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
So, when is Regan going to send in the CIA death squads?
posted by Thalience at 8:43 AM on March 16, 2009
posted by Thalience at 8:43 AM on March 16, 2009
There really has been a stunning turn to the left in Latin America. It's even more stunning that it's a generation of largely thoughtful pragmatist leaders with little in common with Chavez. Here's hoping Funes continues this trend.
posted by dhartung at 9:29 AM on March 16, 2009
posted by dhartung at 9:29 AM on March 16, 2009
Afroblanco,
It's to show that Funes is actually a centrist.
posted by lukemeister at 10:09 AM on March 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
It's to show that Funes is actually a centrist.
posted by lukemeister at 10:09 AM on March 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
lukemeister: When going from right to left, one must first pass through the center?
Afroblanco: What's the protocol for quoting a really long sentence? Just quotes, eh? When are blockquotes appropriate?
posted by aniola at 10:44 AM on March 16, 2009
Afroblanco: What's the protocol for quoting a really long sentence? Just quotes, eh? When are blockquotes appropriate?
posted by aniola at 10:44 AM on March 16, 2009
The only time people use blockquotes is for lengthy quotes and almost always in the format of:
This is a style much used by y2karl but others use it as well. When the entire post is a quote it's best to put it in within quotation marks. Also, while this is a very interesting subject it would probably have been better to post the update as a comment to your post from March 12th about Funes.
posted by Kattullus at 1:20 PM on March 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
Lengthy quote.Title of essay and/or short description thereof [by Person Q. Lastname and/or about such and such a subject]
This is a style much used by y2karl but others use it as well. When the entire post is a quote it's best to put it in within quotation marks. Also, while this is a very interesting subject it would probably have been better to post the update as a comment to your post from March 12th about Funes.
posted by Kattullus at 1:20 PM on March 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
It's to show that Funes is actually a centrist.
There are better ways to do that!
posted by blasdelf at 11:45 PM on March 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by blasdelf at 11:45 PM on March 16, 2009 [1 favorite]
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