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Marcos Aleman
April 07, 2021 - 6:09 AM
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Saúl Meléndez, a former fighter during El Salvador’s civil war, was for years a loyal member of the leftist political party formed by his fellow ex-guerrillas after the war.
But Meléndez has now won his first elected office — not with them, but as a member of President Nayib Bukele’s New Ideas party.
The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front — the party Meléndez left in 2015 and that expelled Bukele in 2017 — suffered a drubbing in February s national elections. Some question whether with its four remaining federal legislators, down from 23 before the election, the FMLN can even survive. ....

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El Salvador's long-dominant parties in crisis after drubbing


El Salvador s long-dominant parties in crisis after drubbing
by Marcos Aleman, The Associated Press
Posted Apr 7, 2021 9:09 am EDT
Last Updated Apr 7, 2021 at 9:14 am EDT
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador Saúl Meléndez, a former fighter during El Salvador’s civil war, was for years a loyal member of the leftist political party formed by his fellow ex-guerrillas after the war.
But Meléndez has now won his first elected office not with them, but as a member of President Nayib Bukele’s New Ideas party.
The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front the party Meléndez left in 2015 and that expelled Bukele in 2017 suffered a drubbing in February’s national elections. Some question whether with its four remaining federal legislators, down from 23 before the election, the FMLN can even survive. ....

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