Washington D.C., Dec 14, 2011 / 23:08 pm
The U.S. Senate blocked President Obama’s appointment of Mari Carmen Aponte as ambassador to El Salvador, citing Aponte’s push for homosexual values in the country.
Aponte has been serving as a temporary ambassador since Sept. 2010 and needed Senate approval to continue her tenure which expires at the end of the year.
However, in a 49-37 vote on Dec. 12, the Senate rejected an attempt to move forward with her nomination.
Aponte, a Hispanic activist and attorney, drew criticism over her June 28 opinion piece this year in La Prensa Grafica, a newspaper in El Salvador.