The World Federation of Democratic Youth and the whole progressive youth of the world has received with much happiness the historical triumph of the Farabundo Martí Front for Freedom (FMLN) and its candidate comrade Mauricio Funes with 51,3% of the votes, in El Salvador, which represents a victory of all those who have struggled guided by its historical leader Schafik Handal, to build a better future for its people.

The historical struggle conducted by the forces that created the Front, which name is inspired in one of the organizers of the indigenous and farmers’ insurrection in 1932 (Augustín Farabundo Martí), who died murdered, represents a decision to struggle for the poor and the indigenous in a country with big inequalities, arriving to a second stage of struggle after the agreements of peace signed in Chapultepec, relevant moment for the FMLN to become a legal political party and continue its struggle to achieve the now conquered victory.

WFDY expresses its greetings, particularly to the youth and to all members of FMLN, reaffirming its total support to the new government and calls upon all its member and friend organizations as well as to all young progressive people of the world to celebrate this important victory, that represents a victory of those who struggle to build a better world, that is a fair praise of the comrade Schafic Handl, who will be always conducting the struggles of its people.