Facundo Guardado

Salvadoran politician and guerrilla leader

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Facundo Guardado was a Salvadoran politician and former guerrilla leader who became a prominent figure in the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). The FMLN originated as an insurgent group during El Salvador's civil war and transitioned into a legal political party in 1992 following the Chapultepec Peace Accords. Guardado was selected as the FMLN's presidential candidate in 1999, representing the party's "renovator" wing, but he did not win the election. The FMLN later achieved its first presidential victory in 2009 with Mauricio Funes.123

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Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front
…selection was former guerrilla leader Facundo Guardado, who was supported mainly by the “renovators.” Guardado did not fare well, winning only 29 percent of the vote. In 2000 the FMLN won the largest number of seats in the National Assembly for the first time, but its 31 seats fell short…
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…selection was former guerrilla leader Facundo Guardado, who was supported mainly by the “renovators.” Guardado did not fare well, winning only 29 percent of the vote. In 2000 the FMLN won the largest number of seats in the National Assembly for the first time, but its 31 seats fell short…
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