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Guatemalan Left Mourns Handal
Guatemalan progressives
expressed Thursday that the
death of Salvadoran Farabundo
Marti National Liberation Front
(FMLN) leader Schafik Handal is
an irreparable loss for all of
Latin America.
The revolutionary leader died
suddenly Tuesday while returning
from Bolivia, where he had
attended President Evo Morales´
swearing-in.
Former guerrilla Major Ricardo
Rosales stated that Schafik was
known for being friendly and
respectful of positions of every
revolutionary movement.
Meanwhile, Hector Nuila,
secretary general of former
Guatemalan National
Revolutionary Unity political
party, highlighted his strength
of principles, range of criteria
and solidarity towards Latin
American progressive bodies.
For his part, New National
Alliance Foreign Affairs
Secretary Max Cabrera declared
the historic FMLN leader was a
very clever and respectful
politician.
Representatives of various
Guatemalan progressive parties
are departing for El Salvador to
attend Handal´s burial on
Sunday.
His remains will be laid in
state at the Legislature
headquarters, where there will
be a wake in his memory.
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