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US ambassador leaves El Salvador after Senate vote
http://news.yahoo.com/us-ambassador-leaves-el-salvador-senate-vote-001228896.htmlSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Mari Carmen Aponte is saying her goodbyes in El Salvador after Senate Republicans refused to ratify her in the post.
Aponte has drawn fire for an editorial she wrote in a Salvadoran newspaper advocating acceptance of gays and lesbians, and long-standing rumors of past involvement with a man once believed linked to Cuban intelligence agencies.
She has been serving under a recess appointment by President Barack Obama since September 2010.