El Salvador's softened rebels see chance of power

While it was not that long ago that El salvador was in the middle of a civil war and after years of failed arena partys positions on many things the FMLN will finally have a chance to prove themselves in a rough political country. I hope they do well. Not everything arena has done has been bad but like most political parties hunger for more power takes over and maybe with a more left wing government the el salvadorens might finally have a chance at a renewed hope.

Quote from article "Mauricio Funes, the man she hopes will heal old wounds by bringing a party of softened former rebels to power for the first time in presidential elections in March.
Funes, a bespectacled former TV journalist is the first presidential candidate fielded by the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front who is not himself a former guerrilla. An eloquent centre-leftist, he reported on El Salvador's 12-year civil war but never fought in it.
Leading in opinion polls, Funes promises to pursue market-friendly policies and get on well with Washington if he wins. He appeals to pro-U.S. voters who never before supported the FMLN, while maintaining strong support from long-time loyalists like Hernandez.

"We remember what they fought for. Before, the war was in the streets and now it's inside us," Hernandez said in the former FMLN rebel stronghold town of Suchitoto, ringed by forest where her parents and hundreds of others died.

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