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Weekly Report - 16 January 2014 (WR-14-02)
EL SALVADOR: FMLN forges lead
With just over two weeks to go until presidential elections, there are signs that Salvador Sánchez Cerén, of the left-wing Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), is opening up a significant lead over Norman Quijano, of the main opposition right-wing Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (Arena). It is still highly improbable, however, that this will be enough for him to muster the 50% plus one of the vote required to win in the first round on 2 February.
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