Francisco Altschul
Of course, the image of a Marxist guerrilla is tied with the idea of camouflage and rifles, so we were trying to pitch the image that we could also dress in suits, speak in a moderate voice, and speak fluently in English. That simple thing changed many misconceptions about the FMLN.
![Photo reprinted courtesy Linda Hess Miller, via Wikimedia Commons Guerrilla fighters playing soccer in El Salvador, late 1980s](https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/sites/default/files/styles/275x168/public/uploads/ERP_combatants_Perqu%C3%ADn_1990_53.jpg?itok=sYD9Mf9P)
Ricardo J. Valencia speaks with an unusual Ambassador.