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Salvadoran Woman FMLN Capital
Mayor
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE)
confirmed on Thursday that
Violeta Menjivar of the
progressive Farabundo Marti
National Liberation Front (FMLN),
won the San Salvador mayor´s
office after Wednesday night
disturbances.
Menjivar won with 44 votes,
after 84 disputed votes were
recounted, official sources
reported.
This is the fourth three-year
period that the FMLN will govern
San Salvador, having won also in
11 cities on the edge of the
capital. Menjivar is the first
San Salvador woman mayor.
Incidents occurred after FMLN
demonstrators spent 36 hours in
the center of the capital
protesting a possible electoral
fraud, and decided to march to
Radisson hotel.
They were greeted by anti-riot
agents and helicopters, and a
clash followed with stones,
rubber bullets, and gas.
Protesters were persuaded later
by their leaders to withdraw to
the El Salvador del Mundo plaza.
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