Low turnout likely for Salvadoran elections

Sunday, March 16, 2003

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Salvadorans were once so passionate about their leaders that they braved gunfire to vote, but after years of economic despair and disappointment, turnout was expected to reach new lows in elections this weekend.

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