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Monday, 14 October 1991 – 8:30 AM - The Lutheran University
We leave the guest house before eight in the morning, planning to stop and exchange dollars for colones on the way to the university, but find that the exchange does not open until 8:30, so continue on and are a bit early for our appointment. While we sit waiting for our host, Gary gives us some background information on the Salvadoran press. There are two morning papers, both of which are extremely right wing. Of the two afternoon papers, only Diario Latino can be considered progressive. El Mundo will at least take paid ads from the popular organizations. Diario Latino, on the other hand, will even carry FMLN press releases.
Señora Alva Zuri Molina, the General Secretary of the University, enters and introduces herself. Later we also talk with Rene Mauricio Mejia, the Admissions Director.
"Thank you for your visit here in the fifth year of your work. Your activities have been serving the interests of our people.
"From 1989, when your previous delegation visited us, until now our growth has accelerated. Programs have been developed and fulfilled. The first stage of the modification of this building has taken place. We have prepared eight classrooms, which allows us to serve 200 to 300 students simultaneously. We have also built administrative offices, and the personnel and administrative sectors occupy permanent facilities. We have prepared professor's offices to allow them individual privacy. The pastoral center has been developed. We are now working on the cafeteria, which will be the final area to be done in the first phase of renovation. The library is complete with about 3000 volumes. (Project Via Crucis raised $10,000.00 for this library in 1989.) Later we'll go take a look at it!
