D'Aubuisson, Oscar Romero and the political season
It was inevitable that the recent progress towards the beatification of slain archbishop Oscar Romero by the Roman Catholic church would become embroiled in politics as El Salvador approaches the March 1 national elections. I say it was inevitable, because one of the main political parties, ARENA, was founded by Roberto D'Aubuisson , the man identified as the intellectual author of the assassination, The politics of Romero began with the announcement of outgoing San Salvador mayor Norman Quijano, that he would rename a street in the capital city after D'Aubuisson. This generated an outcry of protest, leading some to speculate that Quijano had taken the step to spite the party who had pushed him out of the candidacy to return as mayor. The FMLN denounced the plan and attempted to link it to the party leadership. Quijano was replaced as an ARENA candidate by Edwin Zamora. Zamora has proposed that if elected mayor of San Salvador, he would erect a monument to Osc