Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front candidate Mauricio Funes, center, with wife Vanda, and running mate Salvador Sanchez Ceren, claimed victory for the leftist party. Experts called his lead insurmountable. He has compared himself to Obama. Jose Cabezas / AFP/Getty ImagesSalvadoran Ex-Rebels Win Presidency For First Time -- Yahoo News/AP
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – A leftist television journalist made history by bringing a party of former guerrillas to power for the first time since the end of a bloody civil war and promised Monday to unite the country after a bitter presidential campaign.
Mauricio Funes, a moderate plucked from outside the ranks of the rebel-group-turned-political-party Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, ended two decades of conservative rule in El Salvador in Sunday's election — and became the latest leftist to rise to power in Latin America at a time of uncertainty over how President Barack Obama will approach the region.
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