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Charlie Clements

A Salvadoran resurrection

The Rev. Robert Drinan (left) and Archbishop Oscar Romero (center) during Mass in El Salvador in 1978. The Rev. Robert Drinan (left) and Archbishop Oscar Romero (center) during Mass in El Salvador in 1978. (UUSC Archive)
By Charlie Clements
June 1, 2009

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At today's inauguration in San Salvador of President Mauricio Funes, I will be thinking back to Feb. 28, 1977, when security forces opened fire there on hundreds of unarmed civilians protesting a fraudulent presidential election. (Full article: 706 words)

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