Leftist Mauricio Funes, President-Elect of El Salvador
By Geraldine Cook 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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