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Moderates duel with the right as El Salvador's election nears...
...sweltering heat of late afternoon, about 1,500 men and women gathered to show their loyalty to their leader. Most of the faithful in the dusty San Salvador courtyard held flags of green and white, the party colors, that they waved from side to side, creating a sound like rustling leaves. Party officials wore distinctive green shirts. An elderly woman gave out green-and-white ballpoint pens. The Christian Democrats, members of the country's moderate center party, knew that their fortunes in the March 28 election might well decide whether El Salvador could find a democratic solution...
...students and professionals for the man they had come to support. As the preliminary speeches droned on, they began to chant his name in unison: "Duarte! Duarte! Duarte!" The cheers reached a crescendo as José Napoleón Duarte, leader of the Christian Democrats and President of El Salvador's civilian-military government, appeared on the makeshift podium...
...form the most moderate of six parties that are running for the 60-seat constituent assembly that will frame a new constitution, name an interim President and prepare for national elections. But Duarte's chances, on which the Reagan Administration has staked its hopes for democracy in El Salvador, are threatened from two extremes: the far-right National Republican Alliance (ARENA), led by the zealous and charismatic Major Roberto d'Aubuisson, and the leftist guerrilla groups that are boycotting the election...
...skepticism about the electoral process in a country where the military has stolen or manipulated elections since 1931. Moreover, the election is taking place in a climate of political terror in which citizens are threatened by the guerrillas if they go to the polls. Said U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Deane Hinton: "You'll see on the 28th whether the Salvadorans go out and vote and say no to violence and yes to democracy, or whether those fellows with the bombs and guns intimidate the people so they do not go out and vote...