A man casts his vote during the presidential election at a polling station in San Salvador, El Salvador, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019. Salvadorans are choosing from among a handful of presidential candidates all promising to end corruption, stamp out gang violence and create more jobs in the Central American nation. (Moises Castillo/Associated Press)SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — A former mayor of El Salvador’s capital was making a strong run Sunday to end a quarter century of two-party dominance in the crime-plagued Central American nation. But both parties have been stained by corruption scandals and neither has been able to stem gang violence. El Salvador is small both in size and population, with just 6.5 million people.

Source: Washington Post February 03, 2019 05:02 UTC