Nationalist Republican Alliance
The Nationalist Republican Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Republicana Nacionalista or ARENA) is a right-of-centre political party in El Salvador. It was founded in the 1980s by Roberto d'Aubuisson.President Francisco Flores (1999-2004) is an arenista, as were his two predecessors.
ARENA's successful candidate in El Salvador's 2004 presidential election was Tony Saca. On March 21 2004, Saca defeated Schafik Handal, the candidate of the left-wing Farabundo MartÃÂÃÂ National Liberation Front, by a margin of 58 percent to 36 percent.
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