By contrast, the FMLN has had apparently unbridled access to the resources of the Nicaraguan government.
FMLN, Latin America's strongest left-wing guerrilla movement, was poised to conquer San Salvador, El Salvador's capital.
Another U.S. group with known affinities to the FMLN is CASA de Maryland, an immigration-rights group.
Many Americans have encountered a U.S.-based offshoot of the FMLN known as the Mara Salvatrucha gang, or MS-13.
This means that about 60% of El Salvador's eligible voters either opposed the FMLN or expressed no opinion.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: What to expect from the new FMLN government in El Salvador
The perception of Zelaya representing some populist movement comparable to the FMLN or the Sandinistas is a fantasy.
Polls have him and his FMLN party running second behind the candidate of the ruling ARENA party, Tony Saca.
The FMLN took a narrow plurality in the National Assembly with 35 seats while ARENA was left with 32.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: What to expect from the new FMLN government in El Salvador
Funes could count on the FMLN base and also cover the middle ground.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: What to expect from the new FMLN government in El Salvador
Many in the FMLN elite (like Jose Luis Merino) openly support Chavez.
The FMLN won a closely fought general election March 15 and is set to take over the reins of government on June 1.
Having gained ground in the legislature, the FMLN government will be more powerful but significant policy shifts will be difficult and any gains will be hard fought.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: What to expect from the new FMLN government in El Salvador
In shaping United States policy toward the newly elected FMLN government in El Salvador, a sharp distinction must be made between President-elect Mauricio Funes and the political party he leads.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: What to expect from the new FMLN government in El Salvador
As one of the five top commanders of the FMLN guerrillas in the 1980s, Handal bears personal responsibility for having plunged his country into a terrible internal war that cost tens of thousands of lives.
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When the moderate tendencies of Funes come into conflict with the traditional FMLN agenda, it will be a measure of the power of the office of the President and the popularity of Funes against the traditional power of the FMLN machine.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: What to expect from the new FMLN government in El Salvador
Whether policy experts believe that Mauricio Funes and the FMLN will do their best to follow the Chavez model or they accept Funes as a moderate, the political climate in El Salvador does not lend itself to a strong leftward shift.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: What to expect from the new FMLN government in El Salvador
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