JBS Opinión Pública recently surveyed 400 Salvadorans over the age of 18 about their thoughts on President Obama's trip to the country in March. The survey has a 5% margin of error.
While I wouldn't place too much faith in the survey, 84% of the population supports Obama's visit. 42% thought the visit might do some good while 53% said that the visit wouldn't do any good. 14% supported his visit because they thought that it might help the 200,000 Salvadorans on TPS in the US.
A French news program has a new ten minute video on gangs, extortion, and organized crime in El Salvador. Nothing ground breaking, but good reporting nonetheless.
Contrapunto is running a series of interviews with Julio Flores. Flores is a former leader of the People's Revolutionary Bloc and the Democratic Revolutionary Front in El Salvador. (Part I and Part II).
Netoviras also has an interview with the US Ambassador to El Salvador, Mari Carmen Aponte.
Finally, the Legislative Assembly is moving towards changing the law regarding municipal council elections. Currently, the political party that wins the popular vote in each of the country's 262 municipalities is awarded the mayor and all the seats on the municipality's council.
Under the proposed rule, the victorious party will capture the position of mayor and a majority of council seats. The remaining seats will go to the losing parties. The parties are now trying to ensure that party switches do not change the composition of the majority party on the council. It's not law yet, but people seem optimistic.
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