Monday, March 16, 2009
THE RADIO INTERVIEW
I guess I snore sometimes too. Romél said so in the morning. If I'm real tired, it turns out, I snore. We all woke up in the hostel a little later than usual, some of us not having slept for two days. Romél started feeling sick in the stomach. I made some mate. We were supposed to report to the Instituto for the international observer evaluation. Instead, Eyvin and his cousin came by and picked us up. Carla and Claudia stayed behind to go back to California at a later time (Perla and Perish had left earlier in the morning to turn in the rented truck and catch their flights). Eyvin's cousin took us to Radio Estereo Tazumal 92.1 FM, a radio station in the town called Chalchuapa, located in the department of Santa Ana, where we were interviewed on air about what we saw as international observers.
At first, I was hesitant in doing the interview without talking with the 1316 people; I was afraid that we could say something that could incriminate someone, or speak about a voting irregularity that wasn't authenticated yet. Nonetheless, we did the interview but Eyvin did most of the talking. I spoke about what we saw in Nejapa. At the end of the interview, on our way out I saw a box underneath the chair I was sitting in. The box had a FDR sticker on it. FDR was the center-leftist, moderate party of El Salvador that came out of the FMLN. I saw several buses with ARENA and FDR stickers and flags the other day. ARENA has been working with the other political parties to get more support. I mentioned it to Eyvin but he assured me it was nothing, that the radio station is neutral so they aren't technically FMLN members/supporters. Well, what's done is done. Afterwards, we returned back to San Salvador to spend the night at Eyvin's cousin's house.
