Fighting that leftward shift will require, at the least, more concrete ideas about how to help the losers from globalisation.

ECONOMIST: The Democrats

He said the Nineties might see a Democrat in the White House, but that had more to do with bad campaigning by the Republicans than it did with a leftward shift in the body politic.

FORBES: Follow-through

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