El Salvador’s Funes marks
Comments OffMauricio Funes on Tuesday reaches his 100th day as president of El Salvador with a more than 80 percent approval rating, in spite of attempts by the opposition to paint his administration as a “government of deception.” Funes, a former TV journalist who ran as a reformed leftist on the ticket of the Farabundo Martí [...]
El Salvador Against Honduras Conflict
Comments OffThe Honduras conflict needs a speedy solution but without keeping coupists in power until elections, emphasized Salvadorian Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez. A rapid solution without keeping the de facto President Roberto Micheletti in the government until elections (scheduled for next November), noted the diplomatic cited Tuesday by the local newspaper La Prensa Grafica. If Micheletti [...]
El Salvador: Ghosts at the Polls
If they kill me, I shall arise again in the Salvadoran people,” said Archbishop Oscar Romero 29 years ago, just two weeks before he was gunned down by a sniper while saying mass. Today, many Salvadorans believe that Romero’s prophecy has been fulfilled with the election and inauguration of Mauricio Funes, the FMLN’s candidate for [...]
Official El Salvador Office Bugged
Salvadorian authorities are investigating on Wednesday an espionage operation against officials, after monitoring rquipment was found in Government Minister Humberto Centeno”s office. In a press conference in this capital, Centeno denounced that a radio link was placed in his office and it seemed like it was transmitting the information received by several hidden microphones. “It [...]
El Salvador: 'Change begins now!'
Comments OffThe article below is abridged from a June 3 statement by the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador. For more information, visit . On June 1, Mauricio Funes and Salvador Sanchez Ceren were sworn in as president and vice-president of El Salvador at the Feria Internacional Convention Center in San Salvador. It [...]
