Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1981, i tuhituhi a Sanders ki te Perehitini Reagan e whakamōhio ana ki a ia i whakaaetia e ngā kaipōti i Burlington tētahi pātai pōti e karanga ana kia whakamutua te āwhina a te Hononga o Amerika ki El Salvador, kia whakahokia mai hoki ngā kaitohutohu hōia katoa mai i te whenua. I te tau 1983, i whakauruhia e Sanders a Arnaldo Ramos, he māngai no te Democratic Revolutionary Front, i korero ki te mano o te 120 o nga tangata mo te whakauru o te United States
i El Salvador.