Frente Democrático Salvadoreño (FDS) (Salvadoran Democratic Front) was a broad front of democratic organizations that was formed in El Salvador

El Salvador

El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

 in March, 1980. It consisted of, amongst others, Movimiento Independiente de Profesionales y Técnicos de El Salvador (MIPTES), Movimiento Popular Social Cristiano (MPSC), Movimiento Nacional Revolucionario (MNR), Trade Union federations, small business owners and a minor sector of dissident militaries. Amongst the militaries that joined FDS was the Colonel Ernesto Claramont, who had been the presidential candidate of Unión Nacional Opositora

Unión Nacional Opositora

Unión Nacional Opositora can refer to either of two Nicaraguan political parties:* National Opposition Union* 1966 National Opposition Union...

 in 1977.

Two universities were affiliated as observers in FDS, Universidad de El Salvador and Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas”.

After only 17 days of existence FDS merged with Coordinadora Revolucionaria de Masas

Coordinadora Revolucionaria de Masas

Coordinadora Revolucionaria de Masas , a coordination of revolutionary mass organizations in El Salvador formed on January 11, 1980....

 to form Frente Democrático Revolucionario.