Election campaign in El Salvador

Nice nugget from the blog, El Salvador from the Inside:

Funes was making a speech while signing over 1,350 property deeds to Salvadorans in San Isidro en Izalco  (Sonsonate).  Most of the recipients have been working or living on lands tied up in red tape or abandoned for years and without proper titles.  Funes said that during the ‘reign of conservatives & ARENA,’ a total of 34,000 property deeds were granted to Salvadorans over the span of 30 years; he compared this to his current FMLN administration, with just 2.5 years in power, which has already given 24,590.  They plan to increase that  number to 45,000 by year’s end, and by the end of their five years in power, they plan to have signed over 90,000 properties.  I liked hearing these positive statistics but given the well-timed  ‘entrega’ (delivery) of these lands to campesinos – 5 days before elections – hmm… it seemed like a campaign event.