Daring to Change: An Exclusive Interview with Mauricio Funes

By New America Media

March 18, 2009

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The election of Mauricio Funes as president of El Salvador on March 15 marked the end of the 20-year-rule of the Nationalist Republican Party (ARENA). In his first interview for an English-speaking audience, Funes discussed the meaning of his presidency, immigration policy and the relationship of his country with the United States.

--Gabriela Resto-Montero

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