Elections are coming to El Salvador, on the left we have Schafik Handal, of the leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, a former guerrilla group and on the right we have Tony Saca of the rightwing ARENA (National Republican Alliance) party, a party founded by
Roberto D'Aubuisson, the head of the
White Warrior Union, an ultra-right death squad.
Here is
the Washington Times take on the elections, the
Chicago Tribune's and
the Progressive's.
Here is one good reason to root for Handal,
Miami Herald- Honduran troops are to leave Iraq in June as planned, but soldiers from El Salvador are to stay put -- unless a leftist candidate wins election Sunday.
