The conservative ARENA party, which has governed El Salvador since the country’s 10-year civil war ended in 1992, did everything possible to prevent an FMLN victory, resorted, once again, to every red-baiting trick in the book. According to ARENA’s relentlessly negative campaign, a triumph for the left would bring communism, Hugo Chávez, and the Castro brothers to San Salvador.
自从萨尔瓦多在1992年结束了长达10年的内战以来，保守的共和联盟党一直统治着这个国家，为阻止马解阵线赢得大选，该党用尽了一切手段，甚至再次用上了给人扣红帽子的各种把戏。联盟党对马解无情的反对攻势宣传认为，如左翼获胜，这将给萨尔瓦多带来共产主义、查韦斯和卡斯特罗兄弟。