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March 11, 2014

Ex-Rebel Has "Irreversible" Lead in El Salvador Vote, Formal Results Pending 
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El Salvador's election tribunal says a former rebel leader has an
"irreversible" lead in presidential elections. The latest results show
Salvador Sánchez Cerén besting right-wing candidate Norman Quijano by
just over 6,000 votes. The tribunal is recounting ballots from disputed
polling stations only, while Quijano is calling for a full recount. The
tribunal is expected to formally declare the winner on Wednesday. If his
lead holds, Sánchez Cerén would be the first FMLN president to succeed
another after decades of right-wing rule. Sánchez Cerén fought with
the FMLN when it was a guerrilla group and political party battling
U.S.-backed military governments in the 1980s.

 

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