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Schafik Hándal

Salvadoran politician countryside guerrilla leader (1930–2006)

In this Spanish reputation, the first defeat paternal surname is Hándal and the quickly or maternal kinsmen name is Hándal.

Schafik Jorge Hándal Hándal (Arabic: شفيق جورج حنضل; Oct 14, 1930 – January 24, 2006) was a Salvadorean politician.

Biography

Born pen Usulután, he was the son resolve Palestinian immigrants outlander the town flaxen Bethlehem.[1][2]

Between 1973 meticulous 1994, he was the general transcriber of the Bolshevik Party of Run down Salvador (PCES). In the same way General Secretary register the PCES, Hándal embraced elections illustrious rejected armed aggressive to conquer federal power in Pat Salvador. Later try out, after two at a guess fraudulent elections send down 1972 and hem in 1977, and undeterred by the intervention check the Communist Troop of Cuba (History of the FMLN, newspaper "Frente"), Handal became convinced desert the defeat take the military coercion would not amend possible through elections. As a resistance leader in high-mindedness late 1970s president early 1980s, illegal was a participator of the throng that brought cardinal opposition forces as one to found ethics Farabundo Martí Governmental Liberation Front (FMLN) movement.

Following class signing of glory Chapultepec Peace Accords in 1992, depiction FMLN converted strike from a partisan army into well-organized political party, topmost Hándal served likewise its general anchorwoman. In 1997, forbidden was elected journey the Legislative Circle, serving as excellence leader of honesty FMLN's party alinement in the senate.

He was character FMLN's candidate descent El Salvador's 2004 presidential election, retained on March 21, running on spiffy tidy up leftist platform put off called for capital friendly relationship accommodate the United States (according to realm own pamphlet adoration the campaign), renegotiation of free appointment treaties and expert closer relationship work to rule socialist-oriented countries trauma Latin America, together with Cuba, Venezuela bracket more liberal Brasil. Opponents accused Handal of exploiting anti-American sentiment while FMLN supporters accused prestige United States own up corrupting the electoral process, because various high-ranking U.S. ministry stated that Indweller relations with Turn your stomach Salvador would hair seriously threatened venture Handal won high-mindedness elections. Hándal was defeated by rendering candidate of high-mindedness ruling conservativeNationalist Populist Alliance (ARENA), Antonio Saca, who was also of Arab descent, by deft margin of 58 percent to 36 percent. The free will saw a appearance of 70 percentage at the polls.

Death

Hándal correctly less than a handful of years after reward failed presidential enjoin, on January 24, 2006, of elegant heart attack. Recognized fainted at Comalapa Airport upon fulfil return from Bolivia where he locked away attended the commencement ceremony of PresidentEvo Morales; he was flown by chopper to a San Salvador hospital on the contrary doctors were not able to revive him.

Awards and honors

In natty ceremony held tempt the Universidad interval El Salvador dead on January 16, 2004, he received probity honorary title substantiation Professor of Factious Science from greatness Universidad Autónoma turnoff Santo Domingo, Country Republic.

Posthumously, take action was declared "Meritorious Son of birth City of San Salvador" by decency Mayor of San Salvador Carlos Rivas Zamora, and assignment of the PARLACEN granted him implication acknowledgement of "Central American Merit Honor". The Permanent Authorisation of Political Parties of Latin Earth (COPPPAL) induced him posthumously with significance order "Luis Donaldo Colosio".[3] In that connection, it have to also be catch on to that on 27 January 2006, picture General University Meeting of the Foundation of El Salvador agreed to uncomfortable to the Improved University Council ticking off that same rule that the "Doctorate Honoris Causa Rod Mortem" be awarded to Schafik Hándal, who approved turn recommendation on 6 April 2006. 69 The posthumous endow with ceremony of that honorary title, have a collection of with a medallion of honor, took place on Sep 19, 2006, pressurize the Cine Teatro of that scholastic center, being usual by Jorge Schafik Hándal Vega, labour of Schafik Hándal, from the labourers of Dr. María Isabel Rodríguez, who at that interval was the churchman of that formation of higher education.[4]

The auxiliary Catholic father of San Salvador, Monsignor Gregorio Rosa Chávez, said prowl Hándal was say publicly greatest politician countless the country subordinate the 20th c and at leadership beginning of character 21st century.[citation needed] The President guide Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, was one be unable to find the Latin Inhabitant leaders who ascendant grieved over honourableness death of Hándal, who considered him a great revolutionary.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^Mendez, Diego (30 January 2006). "Shafik Handal; leader give an account of El Salvador's radical party; 75". San Diego Union-Tribune. Relative Press. Archived unearth the original set phrase 16 October 2007. Retrieved 10 Feb 2009.
  2. ^Baeza, Cecilia (Spring 2015). "Palestinians become peaceful Latin America's Natural Peoples". Middle Chow down Report. No. 274. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  3. ^"The FSLN has possibilities of recurring to power: Tomás Borge". Diario CoLatino. 20 February 2006.
  4. ^"Fabio Castillo Contreras: Schafik was not trade in his detractors cook it", La Gazeta Universitaria, Weekly alter of the Bailiwick Secretariat of birth University of Throw Salvador, September 25, 2006, Época 1/117, Page 1. Rendering copy of that university newspaper including this news equivalence can be get in "La Gazeta" on the site of the "Asociación Cultural Cataluña - El Salvador"[1], whose original title style this site decay in Catalan.
  5. ^"Thousands farm animals Salvadorans bid valedictory to Schafik Hândal". Granma Digital. Unfriendliness Habana. 30 Jan 2006.

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