government. ruling with a bare majority and looking toward the next election. is counting on almost a halfbillion dollars in U.S. aid that is dependent upon adherence to human rights principles. El Salvador is also the only nation in Latin America to maintain troops in Iraq as part of the "Coalition of the Willing." Meanwhile ARENA presides over a country so desperately poor that an estimated two million Salvadorans have emigrated to the United States. most of them undocumented. The Philadelphia group was warned that if members raised their voices in protest to the arrests at Suchitoto. they could be immediately deported and barred from future trips. All this was occurring in the days immediately before and after the celebration. by fellow Philadelphians back home in the Cradle of Liberty and Birthplace of Independence. of the Fourth of July. The arrests led to a massive protest demonstration in San Salvador. the capital. on July 7.
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