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FMLN Victory- A Glimmer of Hope for a Heavily Handicapped Salvadoran Future

Written by USESSC Election Observer and COHA Fellow Kira Vinke   Mauricio Funes’ victory in the Salvadoran presidential election on March 15 marked what could be an important alteration in the country’s politics. After two decades of often fierce right-wing rule, the former guerrillas of the leftist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) defeated the […]