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San Salvador, Feb 28 (EFE).- Salvadorans came out Sunday to vote in atypical elections, marked by slowness, delay and the COVID-19 pandemic. The delay in the delivery of the accreditations from the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) to members of the ruling party New Ideas (Nueva Ideas in Spanish) to join the polling stations have delayed the opening of the 1,595 voting centers, in some cases by more than two hours. The virus and the waiting, however, did not intimidate dozens of grandparents who came to vote hand in hand with their children. Some arrived in wheelchairs, while others came with crutches and leaning on canes. (Camera: VLADIMIR CHICAS). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE ARRIVE TO VOTE AT THE POLLING STATION IN SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR. SOUND BITE: ALEJANDRA MENJIVAR, THE FIRST TRANSGENDER CANDIDATE TO RUN FOR A SALVADORAN ELECTION (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: We are setting a historical precedent not only in El Salvador, but also in the Central American region. After we held the internal elections process (in the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front party), I became the first transgender woman to be elected within a political party.

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