Leftist Mauricio Funes, President-Elect of El Salvador

March 16, 2009

SAN SALVADOR, March 16, 2009 (AFP) – Mauricio Funes, the candidate of the leftist ‎former guerrilla organization Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), was ‎elected Sunday by a narrow margin as President of El Salvador, ending 20 years of ‎hegemony of the right, which recognized its defeat.‎

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