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A young man and an older man stand among a crowd as they attend a rally for José Napoleón Duarte, candidate for the Christian Democratic Party, in San Salvador. In the background, the green and white party flags can be seen. Duarte had joined the civil-military junta of El Salvador on March 3, 1980, becoming its president on December 13. He provided international legitimacy to the Salvadoran repression and the killings of the civilian population. Duarte had an image of a democratic reformer, a much needed feature in order to ensure the continual flow of military aid from Washington. He was elected president in 1984, and, as Noam Chomsky writes in his book "Turning the Tide," presided over the worst massacres in the history of his country. Richard Cross took this image in 1982 while covering the presidential election and War of Liberation in El Salvador. Un muchacho y un señor yacen parados entre una multitud mientras asisten a un evento de campaña de José Napoleón Duarte, candidato del Partido Demócrata Cristiano en San Salvador. Al fondo de la imagen se observan las banderas blanquiverdes del partido. Duarte se había unido a la junta cívico-militar de El Salvador el 3 de marzo de 1980, convirtiéndose en su presidente el 13 de diciembre. Él le dio legitimidad internacional a la represión salvadoreña y a los asesinatos de la población civil. Duarte tenía una imagen de reformador democrático, una característica muy necesaria para asegurar el flujo continuo de ayuda militar desde Washington. Fue electo presidente en 1984 y, como escribe Noam Chomsky en su libro “Turning the Tide”, presidió las peores masacres de la historia de su país. Richard Cross tomó esta fotografía en 1982 durante su estadía en El Salvador cubriendo las elecciones y la guerra de liberación.
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