America's Other Election
Next weekend El Salvador goes to the polls to elect a new president, against a background of civil war which has already claimed 30,000 lives. President Reagan has declared that the stability of El Salvador is vital for American security, and is looking for eight billion dollars in economic aid. But will the election provide the result the White House needs to persuade the critics that the death squads can be curbed and that democratic rights will be upheld?
Jeremy Paxman reports
Producer TIM SHAWCROSS Editor PETER IBBOTSON