Late Late Nite FDL: 150 Years of Military Rule Ends Tonight in El Salvador

Roberto Lovato checks in from El Salvador:

Just spoke with electoral commission people on the DL and they told me that their latest count shows a 17-18 point advantage, which, even with fraud, even with missing ballots, even with illegal voters means El Salvador has ended 150 years of rule by oligarchs and military dictatorships.

And feel free to quote me on that.

I’m tired, inspired and ready to remember family, friends and companeros whose eyes shine down on us this day. Thank you again and be well.

Thanks for everything.

See you back home,

R

Hard to put into words what this feels like. It’s a historic triumph that will, one hopes, put right a lot of things that went very, very wrong.

Congratulations to Roberto and everyone both in and out of El Salvador who struggled so hard for this moment. It’s a great day.

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