Salvadoran bishops urge peace and democracy, not violence, ahead of elections catholicleader.com.au

BISHOPS in El Salvador have called on citizens to show the best Salvadoran society is known for — faith, hard work and solidarity — not the rancour and violence on display during the last days of one of the most contentious political campaign periods in the country’s recent history.

Political tensions are escalating after the killings of two members of a the left-wing party on January 31 and weeks of comments by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele that human rights groups say promoted “hate and confrontation.”….

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