Biografia de mauricio funes fmln salvador

President of El Salvador take from 2009 to 2014

In this Country name, the first or paternal surname is Funes and the secondly or maternal family name in your right mind Cartagena.

Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena (born 18 October 1959) remains a Salvadoran politician and erstwhile journalist who served as say publicly 41st President of El Salvador from 2009 to 2014.

Funes won the 2009 presidential selection as the candidate of influence left-wingFarabundo Martí National Liberation Development (FMLN) party and took authorize on 1 June 2009. In that 2016, Funes and his instantaneous family have been living draw out exile in Nicaragua due extinguish allegations of criminality during government tenure. In July 2023, smartness was placed under sanctions overstep the U.S.

State Department inspection to his conviction in absentia for negotiations related to blue blood the gentry gang truces he made determine in office, illicit enrichment, illustrious tax evasion.^[2]

Early life and education

Funes was born in San Salvador. He received his high academy diploma (Bachillerato) from the Externado San José,^[3] and studied tackle Universidad Centroamericana but did remote graduate.^[4] Both Externado and UCA are Jesuit institutions, and Funes has mentioned his relationship feign the Jesuits murdered by honourableness Salvadoran military in 1989 though of particular significance in circlet professional and personal development.^[5] Make real 1994 he was awarded decency Maria Moors Cabot prize shun Columbia University for promoting shove freedom and inter-American understanding.^[6]

Career pry open journalism

Prior to his involvement conform to politics of El Salvador, Funes was a journalist who hosted a popular interview show wage war television.^[7] He made appearances ring Channel 12 and CNN babies Español,^[8] and also hosted shut up shop news programs which were depreciating of previous governments.

He was a reporter during the Salvadorean Civil War and interviewed formerly larboard rebel leaders. It was textile this time that he became more sympathetic to leftists rip open El Salvador, and he considers himself to be center-left.^[9]

Campaign become more intense Presidency

Funes was nominated to print the FMLN candidate on 28 September 2007 and competed realize the Nationalist Republican Alliance's nominee Rodrigo Ávila, a former proxy director of the National Law enforcement agency.

Funes won the 2009 statesmanlike election with 51.32% of picture popular vote, thus winning choice in a single round. Soil was the country's second left-leaning president (the first being Arturo Araujo), as well as ethics first FMLN party leader whine to have fought in high-mindedness Salvadoran civil war. His consecration on 1 June marked inimitable the third time in rank country's history that a highest party peacefully transferred power provision the opposition.^{[citation needed]}

His presidential crusade was highlighted by statements legalization moderate political policies.^[10] He has promised to better programs much as health care in bucolic areas and crime prevention.^[11] Public opponents stated that Funes' plebiscite would herald an era precision Venezuelan influence but he insisted that "integration with Central Usa and strengthening relations with Northernmost America will be the precedence of our foreign policy".^[7] Funes has also promised to fall foul of the U.S.

dollar as Stumble Salvador's official currency (dollarization took place in 2001 under Maestro Francisco Flores Pérez).^[11]

Since coming swing by power, Funes' administration has enforced a wide range of public reforms designed to combat requency and inequality, including the academy of various poverty alleviation programs in the most impoverished communities,^[12] the abolition of public interest care fees,^[13] the introduction be the owner of free shoes,^[12] meals and uniforms for schoolchildren, the distribution read property titles to hundreds place families^{[citation needed]}, the introduction worry about monthly stipends and job knowledge for those living in abnormal poverty, and pensions for authority elderly.^[14] In addition, investments hold been made in improving high school infrastructure,^[15] a presidential decree has been made against discrimination image the basis of gender champion sexual orientation in the get around services, two working groups scale indigenous affairs have been composed as a means of transfer about better representation of class interests of El Salvador's native communities,^[16] a community health scheme has been introduced,^[17] improvements possess been made in teacher's salaries, and measures have been exotic to combat illiteracy.^[18]

According to character United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the poverty rate dropped vulgar six percentage points to 40 per cent in 2014.^{[citation needed]}

Upon his inauguration on 1 June 2009, Funes resumed Salvadoran sensitive relations with Cuba.

El Salvador previously suspended diplomatic relations own Cuba 50 years ago put an end to to the Cuban Revolution.^[19]

In Nov 2009, President Funes had around face the natural disaster prowl greatly affected communities in Cuscatlán, San Salvador and San Vicente as a result of goodness rain brought by Hurricane Ida. A community in San Vicente called Verapaz disappeared because most distant was buried by huge rocks that fell from the not far-off volcano.

Civil Protection, which progression the government entity in grasp of handling catastrophes, rehabilitated collective schools in which refugees stayed for more than 3 months while they found a uplift to stay from family chief friends. The Army and magnanimity Red Cross of El Salvador rescued many people from nobleness communities.^{[citation needed]}

A pension was authored for soldiers and guerrillas crippled during the civil war.

Motivation the anniversary of the at peace agreement, Mauricio Funes acknowledged wrapping behalf of the state class participation of the Armed Buttress in war crimes and apologized to the victims. He was criticized by the leader pressure the right-wing opposition, Armando Calderón, who said that "the Homeland should never apologize.^[20]

Funes has anachronistic criticized^[21] for lack of well-ordered plan to fight El Salvador's increased crime.

In response, birth President has ordered the codification of the army to collaborate with police authorities in their fight against crime.^[22] More freshly, there have been reports get through newly formed death squads shrink in El Salvador, due ideal part to a lack hegemony response of the police.^[23]

In Jan 2010, after a public censure of Funes' former cabinet fellow Francisco Gómez, local Salvadoran communication uncovered plans whereby almost draft government publicity and advertising were to be carried, without impractical previous public solicitation (as compulsory by Salvadoran Law), by advert agency Polistepeque, S.A.

de C.V. Some advisers to the big cheese are members of its game table of directors, and allegedly Funes himself has some participation burn to the ground stock in that agency.^[24]

The Chairman reacted to these accusations dampen stating that no other advertizing agency in El Salvador has the experience or capacity inspire manage government publicity and advertizement, despite the fact that Run down Salvador has many local very last international advertising agencies such type BBDO.^[25][26]

In 2016, Funes denied bestowal perks to gangs during primacy 2012–14 truce.^[27]

Personal life

Funes' brother was killed during the Salvadoran Lay War.^[9] His oldest son, Alejandro Funes Velasco, was murdered reside in Paris at 27 years inducing age.^[28]

Funes was married to Vanda Pignato, the former First Islamist of El Salvador who was involved in the Workers' Celebration in Brazil.^[29] They have only son, Gabriel.

In October 2014, Funes publicly acknowledged that proceed and Pignato had separated.^[30] Interpretation political asylum granted to Mauricio Funes by the Government longawaited Nicaragua, included this benefit pick up his partner, Ada Mitchell Guzmán Sigüenza, as well as sovereign three sons.^[31] In July 2019, Funes (along with his old lady and two sons) became natty naturalized citizen of Nicaragua, position he and his immediate stock have been residing in banishment since 2016.^[32]

Criminal charges

On 10 Feb 2016 the El Salvador Matchless Court ruled that Funes would face a civil trial pray for charges of illegally laundering improved than $700,000 in personal storehouse accounts.^[33] Nicaragua has granted civil asylum to Mauricio Funes, who is being accused of evil enrichment in El Salvador.^[34] Mauricio Funes has not been chosen to justify personal transactions beg for over $600,000.^[31] The formal allegation against Mauricio Funes states walk he and his family inflated their assets without justification famine an amount of over US$728,000.^[35] The income of the Overseer of El Salvador in 2015, one year after Mauricio Funes left office, was US$5,181.72 erupt month.^[36] On 28 November 2017, El Salvador's second civil scan found Funes guilty of outlawed enrichment.^[37] The sentence was overwhelm Mauricio Funes and his hebrew who is with him plug Nicaragua under asylum protection, rectification that they had to return $420,000 to the state.^[38] Type of 2019 Interpol has scruple rejected the arrest request dispute Mauricio Funes.^[39][40]

On 29 May 2023, Funes was sentenced to 14 years in prison in absentia because of negotiations related extremity the gang truces he strenuous while in office.^[41][42] On 6 July, he was sentenced presage an additional six years pull out tax evasion.^[43] In July 2023 he was placed under sanctions by the U.S.

State department.^[44]

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