El Salvador: No Radical Mandate
The FMLN wins the presidency in El Salvador, but it’s no mandate for revolutionary change such as populism and confiscations.
On March 15, citizens of El Salvador elected--for the first time in the nation's history--a president hailing from the political left. The Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) candidate, television journalist Mauricio Funes, defeated the ruling National Republican Alliance's (ARENA) candidate, Rodrigo Avila, by a slender margin.
The FMLN's evolution from guerilla force to a triumphant political party, as well as the peaceful transition from political right to left in an often-polarized society, symbolizes the continued evolution of democracy in the Western Hemisphere.
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