The opposition alliance, released by the digital media 'El Faro', aims to snatch power from the controversial president, so far well positioned in the polls. The president has reacted furiously and harshly criticized the new alliance.
For most Salvadorans, the decades of rule by the conservative ARENA and the leftist FMLN after the return of democracy in 1992 did not represent a real change in the country. Both organizations are seen as responsible for the problems of violence and poverty that afflict Salvadorans.