San Salvador, El Salvador - January 16, 2025 The political leadership of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), the historic leftist party now converted into a minimal opposition, said Thursday that the causes that led to the civil war in El Salvador are “flourishing”.

Former Salvadoran President Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena, better known as Mauricio Funes, died Tuesday local time in exile in Nicaragua where Daniel Ortega's Sandinista regime had granted him citizenship,

Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday. He was 65.

Former El Salvador president Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, has died aged 65. Nicaragua’s Health Ministry said Mr Funes had died of a serious chronic illness.

El Salvador's ex-president Mauricio Funes died Tuesday at the age of 65 in Nicaragua, where he fled two years after leaving office and gained asylum following accusations of corruption in

Former El Salvador president Mauricio Funes passed away in Nicaragua, where he lived to avoid legal repercussions in El Salvador. He faced multiple corruption charges and negotiated gang truces during his presidency.

Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday.

The journalist-turned-politician came to power with the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, the leftist party born of El Salvador’s civil war and a powerful national political force for ...

The journalist-turned-politician came to power with the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, the leftist party born of El Salvador’s civil war and a powerful national political force for ...

His last sentence came just last year in June. He was sentenced to eight years in prison for receiving an airplane as a kickback for awarding a construction contract for a bridge project. He was

Former Salvadoran president, Mauricio Funes, died late on Tuesday in Nicaragua, where the leftist leader had been living since 2016 to avoid corruption charges in his home country. He was 65.

In El Salvador, the government has increasingly failed to honor public access to Information laws, forcing journalists to obtain data through other channels to hold power to account.