El Salvador ex-rebel claims victory in tight presidential election

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

El Salvador ex-rebel claims victory in tight presidential election
Reuters
2:11 a.m. EDT, March 10, 2014

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Former Marxist guerrilla leader Salvador Sanchez Ceren claimed victory in Sunday's presidential election, as results showed he had a wafer-thin lead over his conservative rival with almost all votes counted.

Sanchez Ceren of the ruling Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), the rebel group in the country's 1980-1992 civil war, had 50.11 percent of the vote with returns in from 99.95 percent of polling stations.

His conservative challenger Norman Quijano, the former mayor of San Salvador, had 49.89 percent of the vote. The election tribunal said the race was "extremely tight", but has so far stopped short of declaring a winner.


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[Theyletmeeatcake2]

1. Let's hope more than 50 % is enough to win this election....

Seems like other places in South America need more than that to win....... (VZ)!!!!

[geek tragedy]

2. how could it possibly be that close? social democracy vs death squads

doesn't seem like a tough choice

[Zorra]

3. Surely the SOA crew can do something to make it so the right winger wins.

The vote is close, and CIA analysts are concocting a plan at this very moment to flip the vote ensure RW control and maximum profits for the 1% in El Salvador.