Yes, even in the Reagan era the US Embassy in El Salvador was a typical bunch of State Department Leftists. I had a friend who worked there and she and other Salvadoran employees conspired to wear their conservative party pins on the same day. So one morning they all showed up wearing ARENA Party buttons, shirts, etc. and the Americans at the embassy had a cow.
Last question; Whe describing people from South and Central Americas, is it usually best using the term ‘Latino’ instead of ‘Hispanic’?
Maybe hispanic means people from Spain only. I don’t really know.
ARENA wasn’t exactly anything decent.