El Salvador: Future President Promises to Continue Current Policy

... Nearly half of the population – 45.3 per cent– lives below the poverty line. According to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), unemployment reached 16 per cent in 2013, almost three times the level of unemployment ... ... year. The latest polls are predicting an electoral victory for Salvador Sánchez Cerén. Whatever the outcome, this Central American nation’s political reality will change on March 9. In my opinion, if he replaces the centre-left Funes,...