The guerrillas vs. the death squads in round two

Just a few more links on this past weekend in El Salvador.

Tim Johnson on Ex-guerrillas in El Salvador hang tight. I am cited at the end of the article.

Randy Archibold on Presidential Elections in El Salvador and Costa Rica Go to Runoffs.

The Economist writes about Turning left.

Tim has Towards a second round in El Salvador's presidential elections.

Reuters on El Salvador ex-rebel strongly placed to win run-off.

And Mr Ramsey has El Salvador and Costa Rica Elections Trigger Runoff Votes.

Given that we all need to write that Salvadoran Sanchez Ceren is a former guerrilla commander (not so important that he is a former vice president, minister of education, and three-time member of congress) and the FMLN is a former guerrilla group, we also need to emphasize that ARENA was formed to promote the interests of the country's oligarchy and has its roots in the violent death squads of the 1970s and 1980s.

Neither the FMLN nor ARENA is what they used to be but if we have to highlight the FMLN's guerrilla roots we might as well highlight ARENA's death squad roots. (Inspired by @GregWeeksUNCC)