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The FMLN has controlled the mayor's offices in many of the large cities of El Salvador since 1997, including the capital, San Salvador, and the neighboring city Santa Tecla. The FMLN mayor of San Salvador, was Violeta Menjívar, the first female mayor of San Salvador, who was elected in a narrow victory in 2006. The death of the FMLN's long ...
Corruption in El Salvador is a problem at all levels of government, however, according to a poll conducted by the Cid-Gallup in February 2023, only 4 percent of Salvadorans believed corruption as the most pressing issue facing the country.
Funes won the 2009 presidential election as the candidate of the left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party and took office on 1 June 2009. Funes and his immediate family lived in exile in Nicaragua from 2016 until his death because of allegations of criminal actions during his tenure.
The FMLN relented and replaced Martínez, and Bukele later admitted that his threat to leave the party "was a bluff". [ 23 ] San Salvador FMLN member Xóchitl Marchelli alleged in September 2017 that Bukele had thrown an apple at her, calling her a "damn traitor" (" maldita traidora ") and a "witch" (" bruja "). [ 40 ]
Government attorney Sarah Streicker called former Madigan chief of staff Jessica Basham, who is now a governmental consultant and lobbyist, to testify Wednesday morning.
Juan Manuel de Jesús Flores Cornejo (born 15 October 1965), nicknamed "El Chino" (Spanish for "The Chinese One"), is a Salvadoran politician who has served as the secretary-general of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) since 2024.
(Reuters) -A Democrat who served at the U.S. agency that hears appeals by federal government employees when they are fired or disciplined has filed a lawsuit challenging Republican U.S. President ...
The water shortage was the result of years of mismanagement of LA's water system — including a federal indictment of a leader and high profile resignations — as well as major operational ...