“NATIONAL CALL IN DAYS FOR FAIR AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS IN EL SALVADOR”

Support Representatives Raul Grijalva (Arizona) and Marcy Kaptur’s (Ohio) letter to President Obama on the Elections in

El Salvador

This letter calls for the United States government to maintain neutrality with respect to El Salvador's March 15 presidential election, and affirms that the U.S. should seek a positive relationship with whichever candidate who is elected democratically by the Salvadoran people.

Among other things the letter to President Obama states the following: “We call upon all U.S. government officials and Members of Congress to refrain from any attempt, at any point during the campaign, to influence the decision of Salvadoran voters.” The letter to President Obama has emerged in light of efforts by the ruling party, ARENA, to manipulate the official foreign policy of the United States toward El Salvador for partisan ends. Groups tied to the ARENA government are airing irresponsible TV ads and spewing false statements in the mass media stating that Salvadorans in the United States will be deported, that remittances will be halted and that relations with the United States will deteriorate if the opposition wins the election. The U.S. government has the responsibility to counter these false statements.

The Presidential election in El Salvador will be the first Presidential election to take place in the Western Hemisphere since President Obama’s election in November, and a good opportunity for President Obama to send a clear message to the Latin American region about his new foreign policy vision towards the region and El Salvador specifically.

CALL YOUR MEMBER OF CONGRESS TODAY!

Thursday, February 26^th Friday, 27^th

_{URGE THEM TO SIGN ON TO THE LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA ON ELECTIONS IN}

_{EL SALVADOR}

Call (202) 224-3121

If your representative’s office agrees to make a statement or co-sponsor the letter, ask for the contact information of the person that the letter should be sent to. Then contact Esther Portillo at 909-645-2050 or esther.portillo1@gmail.com to pass on the contact information and Representative’s name. We will follow up with that Representative.