SPECIAL TO LATIMES/ President Mauricio Funes is under intense pressure just a year into his presidency for ongoing corruption and increasing drug trafficking and violence. "Violence is undermining El Salvador and is capable of sinking the entire country," said Jose Luis Escobar Alas, the Roman Catholic archbishop of San Salvador. The small nation of 6 million has about 12 homicides a day, one of the highest rates in Latin America. After two decades of one-party right-wing rule, the rise of the left and Funes' election raised expectations for many that now seem dashed.
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