Politics and Government
FMLN: Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, a Salvadoran Left-wing Political Party
The FMLN, Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front or Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberación Nacional, is the only left-wing political party in El Salvador. The FMLN, until February 2021, was one of the two main political parties in El Salvador. … Read more
ARENA: El Salvador’s Right-Wing Political party.
The Nationalist Republican Alliance, ARENA, is a Salvadoran conservative right-wing political party. Since its creation and until 2021, ARENA was one of the predominant political forces in El Salvador. ARENA, or Alianza Republicana Nacionalista in Spanish, was founded in 1981 … Read more
Ex-deputy Rodolfo Parker to face civil trial for illicit enrichment of $2.1 million
Ex-deputy Rodolfo Parker was one of the most influential politicians in El Salvador. However, all that changed after 2021, when he didn’t win re-election. Today, Rodolfo Parker’s whereabouts are unknown; he is hiding from Salvadoran justice and is about to … Read more
Nayib Bukele with an easy path to a second presidential term in El Salvador
The time has arrived for the 2024 Salvadoran presidential campaign to begin. All Salvadoran political parties have ended their internal elections and are ready to officially start their campaign to defeat the most popular president in Latin America, Nayib Bukele. The presidential candidates seeking to step out of Bukele’s shadow are Manuel “Chino” Flores from the left-wing FMLN … Read more
Nayib Bukele and Felix Ulloa Register as Pre-Candidates for President and Vice President
The Nuevas Ideas political party announced at 12:03 am this Monday, June 26, that President Nayib Bukele and Vice President Felix Ulloa had been registered as a presidential formula to compete in the 2024 presidential elections. The deadline to register … Read more
Salvadoran Ex-President Mauricio Funes Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Negotiating with Gangs
A Salvadoran court sentenced former president Mauricio Funes Cartagena to 14 years in prison for crimes committed during his administration between 2009 and 2014. Ex-President Funes was found guilty of negotiating with gangs a truce that resulted in the empowerment … Read more
El Salvador Constitution. The 1983 Salvadoran Constitution.
The current Salvadoran Constitution was created in 1983; the El Salvador Constitution has 11 titles, subdivided into 274 articles. The 1983 constitution is comparable to the 1962 document as it incorporates passages from the earlier document. In 2022, Articles 152 … Read more