El Salvador Presidential Election Won by Leftist Mauricio Funes

For the first time in nearly two decades El Salvador will no longer be headed by a conservative as the recent presidential election placed leftist Mauricio Funes of the FMLN party in office, ending an 18-year reign by the Arena party.

According to the polls the FMLN captured 51.3 percent of the vote while Arena, headed by Rodrigo Avila, held 48.7 percent.

The FMLN (Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front) formed after the end of a brutal civil war between Marxist rebels and government forces. That civil war ended in 1991 after a peace accord was brokered by the UN and the FMLN was established.

In the past every leader of the FMLN had been a participant in that war but Funes marks a significant break in tradition as he was never a combatant.

Opponents of the FMLN have warned that Funes will only lead El Salvador closer to the policies of Venezuela and its leader Hugo Chavez, eventually establishing itself as a satellite of the socialist country.

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