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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.
The FMLN's initial stance was that it had shot down the helicopter without knowing it was American, and that Dawson and Pickett had died of their injuries later on. The FMLN later changed the narrative to one where the two soldiers were killed in a fight with guerillas. [7] On January 18 the FMLN put two guerrillas on trial for the incident.
In March 2024, Flores announced his intention to become the secretary-general of the FMLN. [24] His primary opponent was Simón Paz, the former mayor of Mejicanos from 2015 to 2021. [25] On 14 July, the FMLN named Flores as the winner with 60 percent of ballots counted. [26] He called for former deputies who left the FMLN to return to the party ...
ARENA candidates won four consecutive presidential elections until the election of Mauricio Funes of the FMLN in March 2009. [3] In 2014, he was followed by another FMLN president, Salvador Sánchez Cerén. [4] The 2019 election was won by Nayib Bukele as the candidate of the center-right Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA) party.
The mastermind behind the decade-long bribery scheme and one of the largest corruption scandals in US military history that brought down dozens of Navy officials has been sentenced to 15 years in ...
The Trump administration has gutted the federal government’s ability to fight public corruption in a matter of weeks. Since Inauguration Day, the Justice Department has paused all investigations ...
CISPES supports the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) and the progressive social movement in El Salvador. CISPES was founded in October 1980 by conventions in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. [1] in opposition to the U.S. aid (funding and political support) to the Salvadoran military and government during the Salvadoran civil war.