In El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, of the former rebel FMLN party, has won the country’s presidential election, ending two decades of conservative rule. Funes won 51 percent of the vote to 49 percent for Rodrigo Avila of the ruling right-wing ARENA party. Avila conceded defeat late Sunday. The FMLN was a coalition of rebel guerrillas who resisted the US-backed military government. More than 70,000 people died over an eighteen-year period, the overwhelming majority killed by military and paramilitary forces.

Tristan Anderson, an activist in the Bay Area that I’ve known for many years, was critically injured this week after being shot in the head by the Israeli Army (IDF). We are all pulling hard for him right now. Please stay tuned for more information on his condition…
 
Statement from the International Solidarity Movement website:
 
American citizen critically injured after being shot in the head by Israeli forces in Ni’lin
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Updates below Press Release

For Immediate Release
Friday, 13 March 2009, Ni’lin Village: An American citizen has been critically injured in the …

27 May 2008 | Opua, New Zealand
And the changes continue… 
Where to start? The short of it is that after what seems like endless changes in plans and unknowns, Bahati is not leaving New Zealand. She will stay here for the next year. This was decided the day before we were set to leave, amidst the madness of repairs and offshore preparations.
Originally, Bahati was on her way to Singapore where Nat would be based working in the Oceania/Asia region for the year. This made an immediate passage north to New Caledonia …

09 May 2008 | Opua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Wow. Changes, changes, changes… and life goes on…
Just before departing the Bay of Islands to head north for Vanuatu, we received word that Grandma White (Nat’s mother, Molly White) was very ill back home in Maine. The weather window to head north was closing, and decisions needed to be made quick. We immediately put Nat on a plane back to the US to be with his mother, and dear friends of ours on the sailing vessel Empire were gracious enough to …

25 December 2007 | Auckland, New Zealand
BAHATI E-Log update from Auckland! Dec 14, 2007
Dear Family, Friends, and Virtual Crew Members! Happy Holly Days from Kiwi-land “Downunder”!
BAHATI is finally in New Zealand! Pictures coming soon! We had a looooooooooooong and somewhat fraught passage from Tonga but we finally made it to Opua on the north cape of the North Island after 14 days at sea covering 1500+ miles in what should’ve been a 1200 mile passage…needless to say, we are very happy to be here!
We are settling-in at Bayswater Marina, slip …

11 November 2007 | Vava’u, Tonga
Hello Friends of Bahati!
OK. So it has been way too long since we have updated you all on our voyage. And for once, we have no good excuse. Really, we have been just having too much fun (and dealing with too many issues!) to take the time to write. Sorry!
This will be a brief update, and more will come when we arrive at our next port of call (plus pictures galore, we promise!). We are currently in the Vava’u island group in the Kingdom of …

24 August 2007 | Papeete, Tahiti
Hello Bahati Virtual Mates,
As we write you, we are approaching our first city since leaving Panama, more than two months ago, on June 8. As BAHATI glides through a clear night with brisk tradewinds and rocking seas, we prepare ourselves to enter the bustling South Pacific metropolis of Papeete, Tahiti. Once at anchor it will be a mad rush to accomplish a myriad of tasks, and catching up with old friends, before we kick out to the magical Polynesian islands of Moorea and Bora Bora.
Our …

25 July 2007 | Fatu Hiva, Marquesas
Ahoy Bahati Comrades!
It has been a while since our last “Ship’s Log” update (exactly one month ago), and for once we have a very good excuse… we have been at sea. And guess what? We are STILL at sea! We are writing you this brief update, via shortwave (or SSB) radio, from 11�53 south, 140�16 west (plug that into “Google Maps” for a neat surprise!).
Since you received our last brief update, from the island of Isabela in the Galapagos, we have had quite an …

Greetings Bahatian Comrades!
We appoligize for the lack of photos and fancy design elements in this update, but we are greatly limited by slow internet connections in the remote islands of the Galapagos. We promise to share the incredible collection of photos we’ve gathered at the next available high-speed internet connection (sorry, it is going to be a while).
WHERE IS BAHATI?
We are currently anchored on the island of Isabela in the outer Western islands of the Galapagos archeligo, preparing for our longest passage ever, from here to the Marquesas islands in …

29 April 2007 | Panama City
We are sorry to have been out of touch for so long! We have a lot to report, although we have not moved far since our last log entry.
We are currently STILL moored off the Balboa Yacht Club on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal. We’ve been in Panama now for two months, and it feels a little bit like home at this point. Being stuck here this long has been frustrating, but has had some positive repercussions.
To view our lastest photos, go to …