Leftist Parties of El Salvador

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '03	OTHER
Citizens' Initiative	Iniciativa Ciudadana				soc. dem.		supported CDU	f. 1998, led by Héctor Dada Hirezi
Clara Elizabeth Ramirez Front	Frente Clara Elizabeth Ramirez	FCER			rad. left.		no part.	pol.-mil., f. 1983 as split from Popular Liberation Forces (FPL)
Democratic Change	Cambio Democrático	CD		tel.: +503-2261928	soc. dem.		6.32% for CDU	f. 1998 as United Democratic Centre (CDU), led by Rubén Zamora
Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front	Frente Farabundo Martí de Liberación Nacional	FMLN	Cambio	e-mail	left. soc.	FSP	33.79%	f. 1980
Socialist Revolutionary Current	Corriente Revolucionaria Socialista "Ortodoxos"	CRS			com.		current in FMLN	led by Jorge Shafick Handal
Unionist Current	Corriente Unionista "Unionistas"				left. soc.		current in FMLN	led by Gerson Martínez, current of Terceristas, ex-Renovadores and ex-Ortodoxos
Movement Fatherland for All	Movimiento Patria para Todos	MPT		e-mail	rad. left.			split from Iniciativa Ciudadana, led by Roberto Cañas
Party of Salvadorian Workers	Partido de los Trabajadores Salvadoreños	PTS			soc. dem.			f. 2003
Red Flag	Bandera Roja		Red Flag		mao.		no part.
Revolutionary Tendency	Tendencia Revolucionaria				rad. left.		no part.	split from FMLN in 1996, led by Dagoberto Gutiérrez
Salvador Cayetano Carpio Front	Frente Salvador Cayetano Carpio				rad. left.		no part.	appeared in 2000
Salvadorian Anarchist Movement	Movimiento Anarquista Salvadoreño	MAS	Rechazzo Social	e-mail	anar.		no part.
Social Democratic Concertation	Concertación Socialdemocráta				soc. dem.		1.90% for MR	f. 2004, successor of the Renovation Movement (MR, f. 2002 as split from FMLN), led by Facundo Guardado
Social Democratic Movement	Movimiento Social Demócrata				soc. dem.		0.73% (PSD)	f. 2003 when Social Democratic Party (PSD) was dissolved, led by Jorge Meléndez ("Jonas")