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Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena (Born October 18, 1959 in San Salvador) is a Salvadorian politician (FMLN) and former journalist. He was President of El Salvador from June 1, 2009 to June 1, 2014.

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Mauricio Funes is the son of the accountant Roberto Funes and his wife María Mirna. He attended renowned schools in his hometown: that Central America As a primary school and as a high school, the Jesuit San José Externado College . [first] An der Central American University “José Simeón Cañas” („UCA”) Studierte Funes Geisteswissenschaften.

Journalist [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

In 1986 Funes began as a journalist for Tele 10 news , a broadcast of public television Canal 10 in El Salvador to work. From 1987 to 1991 he worked Up to date , the news editor of Canal 12 where he was responsible for reporting from parliament. In 1991 Funes was one of the founders of the UCA audiovisual center and the Radio YSUCA . In 1992 he returned Canal 12 As an editor of the news program Up to date return. In the following three years he developed this interview program. From 1997 he headed the news editorial team of TV12 . Funes was perceived as a critical journalist towards the arena, which has been ruling since 1989.

From 1997 to 2003 he supervised an editorial area with the title Without censorship (without censorship) within the news program Facts of the Canal 12 where he often criticized the government’s actions. He asserted himself in some disputes with government members. In 2001 he made complaints about the way international help was handled after the earthquakes in January and February 2001. On February 19, 2005 he was from Canal 12 fire.

On May 20, 2005, he returned to the screens with the broadcast The interview (The interview) on the transmitters Canal 12 and Canal 15 of the television chain Megavision . In 2005, a television consumption survey showed that the new broadcast from Funes was the most watched morning program. [2]

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Beginnings of the political career [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

In August 2007 the television company took Megavision the series The interview with Mauricio Funes From the program of Canal 12 . In September 2007, Funes explained in his show Canal 15 That it was his last show because he will end his career as a commentator to devote himself to politics.

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On September 27, 2007 the Political Commission the FMLN Mauricio Funes as candidates for the FMLN for the presidential elections in March 2009. On November 11, 2007, it was announced that the Consjo Nacional, which is responsible for the freestyle of presidential candidates, determined Mauricio Funes as a presidential candidate. [4] It was only in August 2008 that he joined the FMLN. [5] Funes was the first presidential candidate of the FMLN, who was not a member of the guerrilla during the Salvadorian military dictatorship.

On October 10, 2007, Alejandro Funes, the eldest son of Mauricio Funes, died in a violent act in Paris. According to the police, the 27-year-old was attacked near the Louvre. Alejandro Funes was in Paris to study photography. [6]

Presidency [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

As a moderate candidate of the left -wing FMLN, Funes won the presidential election against Rodrigo Ávila with 51.3% of the vote on March 15, 2009. [7] Funes had taken over a lot from Barack Obama for his election campaign. Among other things, the Internet played an important role in mobilizing its followers. [8] Vice President became Salvador Sánchez Cerén, who already had a managerial function in the guerrilla. [9]

After taking office on June 1, 2009, President Mauricio Funes subsidized the prices for corn and beans – a gesture and help for the poorest families. His government invested more than the previous governments in schools and ensured that free consultation hours were introduced to those who cannot affect visits to the doctor at the state hospitals. Under certain conditions, the residents of the hut settlements created by land occupations were able to legalize the possession of these small properties. [ten] Economic policy did not focus on a planned economy, but on a market economy – a Ground decision that was controversial in the FMLN. [11] Already in the election campaign he announced that he did not want to undo the privatizations carried out under the Arena government. With regard to the crimes of the military dictatorship prevailing until 1992, Funes were more important to the victims’ enlightenment and (modest) compensation of the victims than the assessment of the perpetrators. [twelfth]

However, during the term of office of President Funes, the FMLN had no majority in parliament. So she was dependent on cooperation with smaller parties. [13] In the case of tax legislation, it remained in smaller steps towards more tax justice. The tax regression remained. President Funes did not master the tax evasion. [14]

After the presidency [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

Funes was charged in February 2016 for illegal enrichment. [15] He was held up to be able to provide no sufficient information about the origin of a total of a total of $ 600,000 on his accounts. Funes did not appear in court, but moved to Nicaragua in August 2016, where he received political asylum from Daniel Ortega. He describes himself as a victim of a revenge for revenge because he had initiated the investigation against Francisco Flores. [16]

  1. ↑ Biography of Carlos Mauricio Funes , accessed on October 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ Today’s diary , Mauricio Funes, the most watched .
  3. ↑ Radio rails, The irrebatible truth of Cuba ( Memento from December 11, 2008 in Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Angela Reyes: Slow countdown for the turn? The election campaign begins in El Salvador – although the elections will only take place in one year. In: Ila – magazine of the Latin America information center , ISSN  0946-5057 , No. 315 (May 2008), S. 37–38.
  5. ↑ Tobias Lambert: Historical opportunity. El Salvador could get a left government for the first time , accessed on October 9, 2017.
  6. ↑ Family confirms death by Alejandro Funes ( Memento from October 6, 2008 in Internet Archive ), accessed on October 9, 2017.
  7. ↑ Pablo Ordaz: Historical victory of the former leftist guerrillas in El Salvador . In: El País, March 16, 2009, accessed on October 9, 2017.
  8. ↑ Helene Kapolnek: With card cell phone against voting fraud. As local radio stations in El Salvador reported on the election campaign and the 2009 elections . In: Ila – magazine of the Latin America information center , No. 324 (April 2009), pp. 38-40.
  9. ↑ Leo Gabriel: El Salvador: Unidos Creceremos – together we will grow together . In: Latin America differently. Austria’s magazine for Latin America and the Caribbean , ISSN  1010-7223 , Jg. 2014, Lakes 3 (July), S. 18.
  10. ↑ Tom Beier: El Salvador – Land in Transition. Controversial record of the first 100 days left government . In: Latin America news , ISSN  0174-6324 , Jg. 37 (2009), nr. 425, S. 11–13.
  11. ↑ Eduard Fritsch: It is finished! FMLN candidate Mauricio Funes becomes President El Salvadors. In: Ila – magazine of the Latin America information center , No. 324 (April 2009), pp. 34–36.
  12. ↑ “The state has to apologize for crimes” .
  13. ↑ NZZ: El Salvador receives a left -wing president for the first time March 16, 2009.
  14. ↑ César Villalona: The burden of neoliberal tax reform. El Salvador: Why the Funes government’s financial scope for action is so tight. In: Ila – magazine of the Latin America information center , No. 370 (November 2013) pp. 20–22.
  15. ↑ The former president of El Salvador Mauricio Funes receives political asylum in Nicaragua , accessed on October 9, 2017.
  16. ↑ Peter Gaupp: One corruption scandal after another . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of November 24, 2016.
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