Nationalist Republican Alliance

…a new political organization, the Nationalist Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista; Arena), led by retired major Roberto D’Aubuisson Arrieta.

…affiliated himself with the right-wing National Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista; ARENA), and as head of ANEP he supported President Flores’s pro-U.S. policies and the decision to adopt the U.S. dollar as El Salvador’s national currency. Although strongly committed to a market economy, Saca expressed sympathy for labour, which led…

…harsh criticism of the right-wing National Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista; ARENA) government led to censorship and death threats, and in 2005 Channel 12 fired him and several other journalists. Funes continued to appear on other channels, however, and remained a national celebrity among leftists.