Sánchez Cerén Says He Will Deepen Social Changes Initiated in El Salvador
Sánchez Cerén Says He Will Deepen Social Changes Initiated in El Salvador
Havana.- Salvador Sánchez Cerén, elected president of El Salvador, announced here that during his administration he will continue and deepen the economic and social changes initiated by his predecessor Mauricio Funes after the 2009 election victory.
“That first governmental term of the Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation (FMLN, the Spanish acronym) led by president Funes begun to give answers to the expectations of the most deprived sectors”, stated the elected head of State in an exclusive interview for Tricontinental magazine.
Sánchez Cerén, who will take up next June 1 after defeating the candidate of the oppositional right Norman Quijano in the second election round last March 9, said that in scarcely five years poverty in El Salvador was reduced from 40 to 28,9 percent.
The social investment is the highest in the history of the country. All of it has been achieved despite the world crisis and a domestic political situation in constant change. We have advanced in these initial five years and the population has endorsed the continuation of our government, he pointed out.
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Sánchez Cerén, first guerilla fighter in winning the presidency of El Salvador and fourth in Latin America to assume the leadership of a government after Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua), José Mujica (Uruguay) y Dilma Rousseff (Brazil), likewise announced that he will carry out an inclusive foreign policy.
