ALGES has a monthly bulletin called Al Tope. I want to write a summary of updates every month in this blog for those of you that read this that used to work with ALGES or would like to learn more about them. Al Tope is financed by “Apy Solidaridad en accion” and “Entrepueblos”. April 2009’s [...]

5 steps to voting as shown on TSE posters around voting centers. 1. Present your DUI and you will receive a crayon and a sky blue voting paper. 2. Verify that on the reverse the paper is stamped and signed. 3. In the booth, mark the paper with your preference, fold it and deposit it [...]

This year, Radio Segundo Montes offered election internships for youth from the area. In both January and March, the interns were equipped with gray t shirts that said “PRENSA” on the back of them and $5 of saldo to make calls to the Radio Station throughout the day. Interns were distributed all around Ciudad Segundo [...]

On March 14th, Miguel Ventura said a mass at my old homestay family’s house in the Rogelio Ponseele colony in Hatos I. The Mass was to pray for peace in the elections the following day as well as to celebrate the release from prison of Esteban and university graduation of Amparo from the University of [...]

Congratulations to Mauricio Funes of the FMLN for his historic victory in El Salvador. Ciudad Segundo Montes celebrated through the night on Sunday, March 15th.

In Torola, last night there was an incidence where a group of Hondurans were found and kicked out by the people of Torola. This incidence will not be counted as a denouncement because no TSE or police members were there to witness it. Torola is located close to the border, and there have been Hondurans [...]

I bumped into Nelson from CONFRAS, who Voices on the Border has met with for the past two delegations. He is a resident of Perquin and works for CONFRAS and is also the Secretary for FECANM in Perquin. Nelson was observing for FUNDESPAD in Perquin. He had some opinions about the elections. Concerning fraud Nelson [...]

Election day is running smoothly in Ciudad Segundo Montes. There have been minimal accounts of electoral problems and irregularities reported. In Jocoaitique there are 2,694 eligible voters. As of 9:30am, there was very low turnout. This may have been in part due to a mass that was going on in the town center. People are [...]