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El Salvador Government 1996
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Administrative divisions:
14 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Ahuachapan,
Cabanas, Chalatenango, Cuscatlan, La Libertad, La Paz, La Union, Morazan,
San Miguel, San Salvador, Santa Ana, San Vicente, Sonsonate, Usulutan
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Independence Day, 15 September (1821)
based on civil and Roman law, with traces of common law; judicial review of
legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction,
with reservations
18 years of age; universal
chief of state and head of government:
President Armando CALDERON SOL (since 1 June 1994); Vice President Enrique
BORGO Bustamante (since 1 June 1994) election last held 20 March 1994 (next
to be held March 1999); results - Armando CALDERON SOL (ARENA) 49.03%, Ruben
ZAMORA Rivas (CD/FMLN/MNR) 24.09%, Fidel CHAVEZ Mena (PDC) 16.39%, other
10.49%; because no candidate received a majority, a run-off election was
held 24 April 1994; results - Armando CALDERON SOL (ARENA) 68.35%, Ruben
ZAMORA Rivas (CD/FMLN/MNR) 31.65%
Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa):
elections last held 20 March 1994 (next to be held March 1997); results -
ARENA 46.4%, FMLN 25.0%, PDC 21.4%, PCN 4.8%, other 2.4%; seats - (84 total)
ARENA 39, FMLN 21, PDC 18, PCN 4, other 2
Supreme Court (Corte Suprema)
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Political parties and leaders:
National Republican Alliance (ARENA), Juan Jose DOMENECH, president;
Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), Salvador SANCHEZ Ceren
(aka Leonel GONZALEZ), general coordinator; Christian Democratic Party
(PDC), Ronal UMANA, secretary general; National Conciliation Party (PCN),
Ciro CRUZ Zepeda, secretary general; Democratic Convergence (CD), Juan Jose
MARTEL, secretary general; Unity Movement, Jorge MARTINEZ Menendez,
president
newly formed parties not yet officially recognized by the Supreme Electoral
Tribunal: Liberal Democratic Party (PLD), Kirio Waldo SALGADO, founder;
Social Democratic Party (breakaway from FMLN), Joaquin VILLALOBOS, founder;
Social Christian Renovation Movement (MRSC) (breakaway from PDC), Abraham
RODRIGUEZ, founder
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Other political or pressure groups:
Salvadoran Communal Union (UCS), peasant association; General Confederation
of Workers (CGT), moderate; United Workers Front (FUT)
Productive Alliance (AP), conservative; National Federation of Salvadoran
Small Businessmen (FENAPES), conservative
BCIE, CACM, ECLAC, FAO, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM,
IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ITU,
LAES, LAIA (observer), NAM (observer), OAS, OPANAL, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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Diplomatic representation in US:
Ambassador Ana Cristina SOL
2308 California Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, and San
Francisco
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US diplomatic representation:
Ambassador Alan H. FLANIGAN
Final Boulevard, Station Antiguo Cuscatlan, San Salvador
Unit 3116, San Salvador; APO AA 34023
three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and blue with the
national coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms features
a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA
CENTRAL; similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which has a different coat of
arms centered in the white band - it features a triangle encircled by the
words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom; also
similar to the flag of Honduras, which has five blue stars arranged in an X
pattern centered in the white band
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