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Weekly Report - 19 March 2008 (ISSN 1741-7422)

EL SALVADOR: Avila secures Arena candidacy

The ruling Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (Arena) has a candidate to compete with Mauricio Funes, the young and media-savvy presidential aspirant who is reviving the fortunes of the left-wing opposition Frente Farabundo Martí­ para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN) ahead of elections in March 2009. Rodrigo Avila, a former head of the Policí­a Nacional Civil (PNC) who only entered the race in January, won the Arena party primary on 15 March taking 82% of the vote. He immediately spoke of the need to create a "new Right", with a greater emphasis on social welfare.

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