El Salvador Presidential
Candidate Slams US
Servility
Salvadorian presidential
candidate Mauricio Funes
announced that if he
were to be elected, he
would strengthen
relations with Latin
America and Europe, and
reject servility in the
relations with the
United States.
"A democratic government
should build a
multi-polar vision that
allows establishing of
relations with all
countries, based on
cooperation, solidarity,
and above all, respect
for sovereignty and the
right of all the people
to define their fate,"
he said.
The Farabundo Marti
National Liberation
Front (FMLN) candidate
criticized the
Salvadorian governments
that have rejected
relations with some
nations "to favor a mean
and old-fashion vision
of international
relations."
He announced that, if he
reaches the presidency,
he would reestablish
diplomatic relations
with Cuba and the
People's Republic of
China, and would
strengthen those with
Venezuela.
Regarding the United
States, he recognized
the strategic importance
of those relations,
because 2.5 million
Salvadorians live and
work in that country.
Funes said his
government would keep
and reinforce relations,
based on respect to
achieve stability and
security of his
compatriots in that
country, and asserted he
would support regional
initiatives to establish
fair laws for emigrants.
"But there is something
that we cannot forget.
We would reject
servility, which has
characterized the
governments of the
Nationalist Republican
Alliance with the United
States," the front's
candidate asserted.
Funes asserted that an
FMLN government would
end the sending of
troops to Iraq, because
it puts in danger the
Salvadorians' lives, and
threatens independence
of the foreign policy. |
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