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Salvador presidential candidates Mauricio Funes of the leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) (L) and Rodrigo Avila of the ruling National Republican Alliance (ARENA) are seen during recent campaign appearances in San Salvador in this combination photograph. El Salvador will hold presidential elections on March 15, 2009. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
candidates Mauricio Funes
(FMLN)
Rodrigo Avila
ARENA
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El Salvador's Marxists journey from jungle rebel camps to verge of power

Former Marxist guerrillas looked set to end 20 years of rule by their civil war enemies yesterday as voters in El Salvador went to the polls to choose a new president.

Victory for the candidate of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) would mark the end of a two-decade journey from jungle rebel camps to the seat of power
It would also put El Salvador firmly on the Latin American left-of-centre axis led by President Chávez of Venezuela - with whom the party has longstanding ties - as part of a “pink tide” that has many in Washington rattled
TV journalist who has adopted Barack Obama's “Yes we can” slogan in campaign broadcasts
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A man looks for his name on a list of voters at a polling station during presidential elections in Suchitoto, El Salvador, Sunday, March 15, 2009. From AP Photo by AP.
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A man stands on a street corner plastered with political propaganda of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, FMLN, in San Salvador, Saturday March 14, 2009. El Salvador will hold presidential elections March 15. From AP Photo by AP.
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Police officers protect a pick up truck with Guatemalan citizens which was stoped in San Salvador by street vendors, under suspicion of having fake voter identifications on March 14, 2009, one day before of the presidential elections. The elections on March 15, 2009 could end a 20-year rule by right-wing National Republican Alliance (ARENA) in El Salvador, and could usher in the leftist and former rebel group-turned political party Farabundo Marti Front for National Liberation (FMLN). Candidates
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Street vendors attack a car identified with the colors of The National Republican Alliance (ARENA) in downtown San Salvador, on March 14, 2009, one day before the presidential elections. The elections on March 15, 2009 could end a 20-year rule by right-wing ARENA in El Salvador, and could usher in the leftist and former rebel group-turned political party Farabundo Marti Front for National Liberation (FMLN). Candidates Mauricio Funes of the FMLN and Rodrigo Avila of the ARENA are neck and neck in
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He styles himself as a US-friendly free-market moderate who would nevertheless “end privilege for the few”
implement policies to help the poor
tax evasio
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A woman herds a cow next to a mural with the names of villagers who died during the 1980-1992 country's civil war in Cinquera, El Salvador, Sunday, March 15, 2009. After two decades of conservative rule former rebels of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, FMLN, could take power for the first time since the civil war during presidential election. From AP Photo by AP.
mural with the names of villagers who died during the 1980-1992 country's civil war
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A man casts his ballot during presidential elections in Cinquera, El Salvador, Sunday, March 15, 2009. From AP Photo by AP.