Word: handal
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...more mainstream political branding: Funes, 49, a former television journalist, is the first FMLN presidential candidate who was never a guerrilla commander. In El Salvador's last presidential election, in 2004, the FMLN led in early polls until it announced its candidate - the former communist and guerrilla chief Schafik Handal - and went on to be crushed by the ARENA incumbent. This time, the right-wing party managed to narrow Funes' early lead in the polls by painting him, often maliciously, as a puppet of the more radical Latin left led by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The Chavez gambit may have...
...Steady Grip on Power EL SALVADOR The right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) won the presidential election for the fourth time in a row. Its candidate, Tony Saca, took 58% of the vote compared to 36% for his main rival, Schafik Handal of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, the former guerrilla coalition...