Voters prepare for presidential elections in El Salvador

Voters in El Salvador head to the polls this Sunday to cast their ballots in what may prove to be an historic election. After ruling the tiny country for 20 years, the right-wing ARENA party faces a serious challenge from the left-wing guerilla movement turned political party the FMLN. Ruling party candidate Rodrigo Ávila appears to be running behind the FMLN’s Mauricio Funes. But as FSRN’s Ricardo Martinez reports from San Salvador, election irregularities raise somber questions about freedom and fairness at the polls.

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