Daring to Change: An Exclusive Interview with Mauricio Funes
  • March 18, 2009

Daring to Change: An Exclusive Interview with Mauricio Funes

Daring to Change: An Exclusive Interview with Mauricio Funes

A leftist party has won El Salvador’s presidency for the first time in history. Newly elected President Mauricio Funes discusses his plans.

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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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