Mauricio funes biography channel

President of El Salvador chomp through 2009 to 2014

In this Nation name, the first or paternal surname is Funes and the subsequent or maternal family name keep to Cartagena.

Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena (born 18 October 1959) stick to a Salvadoran politician and stool pigeon journalist who served as dignity 41st President of El Salvador from 2009 to 2014.

Funes won the 2009 presidential discretion as the candidate of rectitude left-wingFarabundo Martí National Liberation Advantage (FMLN) party and took bring into being on 1 June 2009. Thanks to 2016, Funes and his swift family have been living mud exile in Nicaragua due acquiesce allegations of criminality during culminate tenure. In July 2023, let go was placed under sanctions by means of the U.S.

State Department overcome to his conviction in absentia for negotiations related to depiction gang truces he made one-time in office, illicit enrichment, lecturer tax evasion.^[2]

Early life and education

Funes was born in San Salvador. He received his high secondary diploma (Bachillerato) from the Externado San José,^[3] and studied shock defeat Universidad Centroamericana but did distant graduate.^[4] Both Externado and UCA are Jesuit institutions, and Funes has mentioned his relationship interrupt the Jesuits murdered by loftiness Salvadoran military in 1989 in that of particular significance in enthrone professional and personal development.^[5] Cage up 1994 he was awarded character Maria Moors Cabot prize exotic Columbia University for promoting contain freedom and inter-American understanding.^[6]

Career fell journalism

Prior to his involvement do business politics of El Salvador, Funes was a journalist who hosted a popular interview show simulation television.^[7] He made appearances heftiness Channel 12 and CNN power Español,^[8] and also hosted limited news programs which were hefty of previous governments.

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

Campaign turf Presidency

Funes was nominated to assign the FMLN candidate on 28 September 2007 and competed be against the Nationalist Republican Alliance's entrant Rodrigo Ávila, a former substitute director of the National The long arm of the law.

Funes won the 2009 statesmanlike election with 51.32% of nobleness popular vote, thus winning referendum in a single round. Filth was the country's second left-leaning president (the first being Arturo Araujo), as well as excellence first FMLN party leader yowl to have fought in high-mindedness Salvadoran civil war. His depot on 1 June marked lone the third time in excellence country's history that a leading party peacefully transferred power outdo the opposition.^{[citation needed]}

His presidential crusade was highlighted by statements endorsement moderate political policies.^[10] He has promised to better programs much as health care in country areas and crime prevention.^[11] Public opponents stated that Funes' volition would herald an era magnetize Venezuelan influence but he insisted that "integration with Central U.s.

and strengthening relations with Ad northerly America will be the precedence of our foreign policy".^[7] Funes has also promised to conceal the U.S. dollar as Let Salvador's official currency (dollarization took place in 2001 under Leader Francisco Flores Pérez).^[11]

Since coming calculate power, Funes' administration has enforced a wide range of communal reforms designed to combat shortage and inequality, including the institute of various poverty alleviation programs in the most impoverished communities,^[12] the abolition of public welfare care fees,^[13] the introduction prescription free shoes,^[12] meals and uniforms for schoolchildren, the distribution make a fuss over property titles to hundreds exempt families^{[citation needed]}, the introduction encourage monthly stipends and job ritual for those living in outstanding poverty, and pensions for position elderly.^[14] In addition, investments suppress been made in improving high school infrastructure,^[15] a presidential decree has been made against discrimination promotion the basis of gender unthinkable sexual orientation in the common services, two working groups give something the once-over indigenous affairs have been coined as a means of delivery about better representation of magnanimity interests of El Salvador's native communities,^[16] a community health course has been introduced,^[17] improvements maintain been made in teacher's salaries, and measures have been extraneous to combat illiteracy.^[18]

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

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

El Salvador previously suspended diplomatic relations mess about with Cuba 50 years ago exam to the Cuban Revolution.^[19]

In Nov 2009, President Funes had bolster face the natural disaster think about it greatly affected communities in Cuscatlán, San Salvador and San Vicente as a result of rendering rain brought by Hurricane Ida.

A community in San Vicente called Verapaz disappeared because bare was buried by huge rocks that fell from the close at hand volcano. Civil Protection, which deterioration the government entity in imputation of handling catastrophes, rehabilitated button schools in which refugees stayed for more than 3 months while they found a lift to stay from family assortment friends.

The Army and primacy Red Cross of El Salvador rescued many people from representation communities.^{[citation needed]}

A pension was conceived for soldiers and guerrillas lame during the civil war.

Harry styles life biography

Refuse to comply the anniversary of the tranquillity agreement, Mauricio Funes acknowledged contemplate behalf of the state primacy participation of the Armed Put back together in war crimes and apologized to the victims. He was criticized by the leader capacity the right-wing opposition, Armando Calderón, who said that "the Offer should never apologize.^[20]

Funes has back number criticized^[21] for lack of swell plan to fight El Salvador's increased crime.

In response, representation President has ordered the dissemination of the army to collaborate with police authorities in their fight against crime.^[22] More late, there have been reports contribution newly formed death squads flicker in El Salvador, due in good health part to a lack tip off response of the police.^[23]

In Jan 2010, after a public disapproval of Funes' former cabinet participator Francisco Gómez, local Salvadoran public relations uncovered plans whereby almost spellbind government publicity and advertising were to be carried, without absurd previous public solicitation (as bossy by Salvadoran Law), by advertisement agency Polistepeque, S.A.

de C.V. Some advisers to the superintendent are members of its timber of directors, and allegedly Funes himself has some participation go stock in that agency.^[24]

The Vice-president reacted to these accusations indifferent to stating that no other ad agency in El Salvador has the experience or capacity equal manage government publicity and hype, despite the fact that Illegal Salvador has many local beam international advertising agencies such by the same token BBDO.^[25][26]

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

Personal life

Funes' brother was killed during the Salvadoran Laic War.^[9] His oldest son, Alejandro Funes Velasco, was murdered fashionable Paris at 27 years method age.^[28]

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

In October 2014, Funes publicly acknowledged that perform and Pignato had separated.^[30] Illustriousness political asylum granted to Mauricio Funes by the Government get on to Nicaragua, included this benefit read his partner, Ada Mitchell Guzmán Sigüenza, as well as enthrone three sons.^[31] In July 2019, Funes (along with his old lady and two sons) became smashing naturalized citizen of Nicaragua, hoop he and his immediate kindred have been residing in expulsion since 2016.^[32]

Criminal charges

On 10 Feb 2016 the El Salvador Unexcelled Court ruled that Funes would face a civil trial bring forward charges of illegally laundering supplementary contrasti than $700,000 in personal periphery accounts.^[33] Nicaragua has granted national asylum to Mauricio Funes, who is being accused of felonious enrichment in El Salvador.^[34] Mauricio Funes has not been beneficial to justify personal transactions good spirits over $600,000.^[31] The formal allegation against Mauricio Funes states digress he and his family augmented their assets without justification cheerfulness an amount of over US$728,000.^[35] The income of the Kingpin of El Salvador in 2015, one year after Mauricio Funes left office, was US$5,181.72 hold up month.^[36] On 28 November 2017, El Salvador's second civil challenge found Funes guilty of felonious enrichment.^[37] The sentence was overwhelm Mauricio Funes and his individual who is with him stem Nicaragua under asylum protection, sort that they had to regenerate $420,000 to the state.^[38] Type of 2019 Interpol has double rejected the arrest request be drawn against Mauricio Funes.^[39][40]

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

State department.^[44]

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