“Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories...” ― Amílcar Cabral, Revolution in Guinea: Selected Texts

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Cross-posted from the Central American Politics blog. 

Comedian Jimmy Morales of the National Convergence Front appears to have capitalized on anti-system vote in Guatemala to advance to a second round runoff against either Manuel Baldizon or Sandra Torres. A few thousand votes separate the second two candidates but, at this point, Baldizon leads Torres. 

In El Salvador, each month is proving worse than the last. The country suffered an astonishing climb in murders this August—by far the worst month in one of the bloodiest years in the country’s history. All told, 911 people were killed last month, bringing the number of Salvadorans murdered in 2015 to over 4,200.