El Salvador: Future President Promises to Continue Current Policy

... indicate that the two-year truce between rival gangs “Mara Salvatrucha” and Barrio 18 has already led to a reduction in the murder rate, down 50 per cent in 2013 from the previous year. The latest polls are predicting an electoral victory for Salvador Sánchez Cerén. Whatever the outcome, this Central American nation’s political reality will change on March 9. In my opinion, if he replaces the centre-left Funes, Sánchez Cerén might attempt to enact the more radical measures that are characteristic of the FMLN. We can probably ...