Interview: Mauricio Funes, president of El Salvador

[mateorafael]

Que excelente reportaje! Realmente creo que Funes se esta enfatizando en el problema real y su raiz: crear mas oportunidades mediante el fortalecimiento de la educacion. Todos los presidentes anteriores descuidaron esta area para beneficiar la empresas privadas y la grandes familias de mucho dinero olvidandose del pueblo. No es una guerra facil pero es el inicio de una nueva era de cambios! Que viva El Salvador!

[hector5032012]

Funes es un pandillero por Eso no hace nada en contra d las pandillas.. nose como se les ocurre poner como presidente a un periodista q fue borracho.. el salvador necesita a un presidente q tenga los huevos bien puesto para eliminar a esos perros de mierda de los pandilleros....

[German99LOL]

Abajo con la *FMLN

[PUPUCIENTO]

From inner sources.... This guy is really a crook... he ows money to people and even evaded taxes... I am of left wing thinker... but I don't let my political views interfere with the truth that this guy... is just another regular guy taking advantage of it's position... Which is what I believe most salvadoreans would do if we were in charge... Honestly... seeing what is happening... would you stay in the shit hole or take a trip to disney????

[sroinujacob]

@edherndzx: Tiene mucha razón, pero no hable tanto de ignorancia y analfabetas, ni mucho menos de la forma mediocre que se escribe el inglés y el español. Vea su propia escritura. Fracaso se escribe con S, no con Z. Tampoco se usa una mayúscula con los gentilicios a menos que sea la primera palabra de una oración. Las palabras país e inglés llevan tildes diacríticas. Y la Ñ, bueno, también se escribe con una vírgula (a lo mejor usted le dice palito de la Ñ).

[edherndzx]

Yo soy Salvadoreno y estudio en Estados Unidos. Es muy triste el alto nivel de ignorancia que existe en El Salvador. Eso es reflejado en la forma vulgar en que se habla, la forma mediocre que se escribe en ingles o espanol, la falta de apoyo para erradicar los analfabetas, y el irrespeto al medio ambiente. No hay excusas que el fracazo del pais todos somos culpables.

[PUPUCIENTO]

@edherndzx

I agree with you 100% and I emphasize with you being in the same position of an immigrant student. Although I have my citizenship...

I always thought those little things matter... such as environmental conscience make a big difference. Also I believe El Salvador has lost its identity... we try to copy too much and the things that we are proud of are very trivial. ( pupusas y futbol??)

[chronbleezie]

ooo shut up el salvadors peaceful now i went last december i didnt see no gangs this year in 2005 their was shit load its jus the media trying to make people scared

[marcosllach]

I live in El Salvador. I'm sorry to inform that the country has never been worse since this guy took power. Crime, drug traffic, corruption, economic stagnation, political and judicial instability have all gotten worse in the last two years. Corruption rises up to the presidency. A few months ago, some business man lent him a Learjet so he could take his family to Disney World. What did he give the businessman in exchange?? I wouldn’t trust a word he says.

[Papiforlife]

Smart man. Hope he succeeds.

[carlosmerlos]

. The prince of peace is coming!!! his name is Jesus of Nazareth. He will stop the N.W.O and the mark of the beast that will be demanded you put on your forehead or wrist when this financial system collapses. Read your bibles this was foretold in the book of Revelations and Daniel.

[carlosmerlos]

No matter what the people do or what governments do they will never be able to stop what's coming our way. The issue here is not about Los Zetas, Las Maras and organize crime Vs United states, Mexico and the Latin American governments or the people in between. The battle being fought here is of good vs evil. It's against the prince of this world lucifer himself. There is a battle for our minds and by the chaos all around us it seems like evil has taken hold of mankind. The prince of peace is co

[DevHextor]

The people of the world need to stand up and unite together. We now know the elites and corrupted leaders that created this genocide, war, & poverty. Let's separate race, religion, etc and fight together for humanity and a better world. We need to unite as one and end these Dictators and Corrupted Officials who show no concern or respect for human life.

[manidafonz83]

@DevHextor You are dead on, buddy! I agree...

"Resistance to tyrants is obidience to god."

-Thomas Jefferson, 1776

[JuanVoyce]

His support does not come from any great success over crime or the economy. The murder rate dipped after Mr Funes ordered the army onto the streets and banned gang membership, but has since bounced back (from second highest murder rate to highest). But Mr Funes’s centrist approach has won over voters who had tired of El Salvador’s polarised politics.

[JoeDaPlumber]

And dude I am a Bruin, what university did you go to?

[manidafonz83]

@JoeDaPlumber NO YOU'RE NOT...YOUR PROFILE SAYS YOU LIVE IN HILDALE, UTAH...AND YOU HAVE A B.S. IN PLUMBING? FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX? CHECK FOR YOURSELF...HAHAHAHAHA...LIKE I STATED EARLER, YOU ARE MAKING MY PALS AT UCLA LOOK BAD YOU DISINFO AGENT....EITHIER YOU ARE COINTELPRO, A RETARD, OR JUST A LOSER...

[JoeDaPlumber]

@manidafonz83 So University of Phoenix gives out Plumbing Science degrees? LOL! And I live in Hildale, UT. You're the first to actually believe that shit.

On the contrary I live in the Inland Empire and am a Political Science major with a minor in Accounting. Hildale, UT is adjacent to Colorado City, AZ an obscure and weird place if you ever go. I never said I'm a communist. The ARENA party of El Salvador was corrupt and you are a fucking hypocrite for living in the US and writing this garbag

[manidafonz83]

@JoeDaPlumber BULLSHIT YOU COMMIE...I NEVER BELIEVED ANYTHING YOU SAID...YOU ARE A SOCIALIST WHICH IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS A COMMIE...YOU ARE FULL OF SHIT AND I AM DONE DIGNIFYING SUCH GARBAGE YOU SPIT OUT WITH A RESPONSE FROM ME...YOU ARE A TROLL AND A RETARD, I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU...SADLY, I DONT THINK YOU CAN CURE RETARDS...HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[JoeDaPlumber]

@manidafonz83 The problem with you is that you obviously have basic understanding of politics and assume that American ideas fit all situations especially like that of our homeland. I do live here but my family fled the war that Reagan and USSR funded. The FMLN fought for freedom from Dictator Romero and only ideologically embraced Communism. You on the other hand extol our revolutionary ideals yet supported ARENA and hypocritically lived here during their tenure. What bullshit.

[manidafonz83]

@JoeDaPlumber HAHAHAHAHA...YOU ARE SHIT! GO CHOKE ON STALIN'S DICK AND LET HITLER STICK YOU IN YOUR ASS...YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT!!!!

[manidafonz83]

@JoeDaPlumber ACTUAL DOUBLE THINK...GET SOME HELP...

[JoeDaPlumber]

@manidafonz83 Call it what you want its still bullshit. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

[JoeDaPlumber]

In addition it is very apparent that you, sir, do not understand the differences between Socialism and Communism. I hope you get the education and help you desperately need.

[manidafonz83]

@JoeDaPlumber RIGHT BACK AT 'CHA...

[manidafonz83]

@JoeDaPlumber BY THE WAY, DUMBASS, YOU LIVE IN AMERICA TOO...SO THATS MAKES YOU A HYPOCRITE TOO...HAHAHAHA....AND A TRAITOR, HAHAHAHAHA!!!! GO BACK TO RUSSIA!!!!

[JoeDaPlumber]

The main reason I am a supporter of globalism is that it allows all of us to be interconnected. No one here is supporting a globalist govt but the free market must not be stopped especially given how fast we are advancing. I have no idea what the fuck Ron Paul has to do with El Salvador. Nosotros somos Salvadorenos no gringos.

[theman4130]

@JoeDaPlumber Question for you, if you choose to answer? When is El Salvador going to see the fruits of Globalism? I understand it's moving fast, but when?

[JoeDaPlumber]

@theman4130 Its already seeing them. Employment is coming home via Chinese, Taiwanese, and even some American industries. Of course the wages are low but we haven't accumulated much government capital that can be invested into primary education rather than focusing on the tertiary. In addition, we have been seeing an explosion of multi-language schools and the emergence of the internet in places that before lacked it.

[manidafonz83]

@JoeDaPlumber FUCKEN PHONY...you were telling me you support globalism earlier...a bruin you say? HAHAHAHA...boy , you make them look bad, go watch some wrestling you ignorant fake...

[JoeDaPlumber]

@manidafonz83 A globalist govt is not the same as globalism. You obviously have no idea what you are talking about. I've studied this before and have spent hours memorizing this stuff. And if you actually look at my favorites in further detail you could see that wrestling does not even contribute to even a tenth of my favorites.

[manidafonz83]

@JoeDaPlumber I have looked at your shitty profile you douchebag...are you aware you are engaging in double think? If anybody buys whatever this guy is telling, I got a bridge on Mars I want to sell you...Get yer head out your ass, boy...

[JoeDaPlumber]

@manidafonz83 I'm not the fake Salvadorian here who probably never has even been to the country advocating for a Ron Paul back home. I'm not the one advocating childish revolutions. In the end you really have no fucking idea what you believe. Its sad really.

[manidafonz83]

@JoeDaPlumber UHH...YEAH...YOU ARE FAKE...MY FAMILY DIED FIGHTING THE MILITARY YOU DUMB FUCK...SOMETHING YOU WOULDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT...SURVIVAL!! CHILDISH? YOUR PUNKASS WILL BE THE ONE RUNNING TO THE PEOPLE WITH GUNS TO PROTECT YOU...OR YOU CAN ALWAYS HIDE BEHIND YOUR BIG GLOBALIST FACISTS...YOU MAKE ME WANT TO VOMIT YOU TROLL!

"THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO SACRIFICE LIBERTY FOR SECURITY WILL RECIEVE NEITHER."

-BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, 1776!!!

[JoeDaPlumber]

@manidafonz83 My family fought the soldiers ok. They were FMLN and still are. You're a hypocrite and a traitor to our fallen's legacy. I do have socialist tendencies but you have to make peace with capitalism and globalism in order to institute a form of socialism. We have socialism here and most OECD countries.

[manidafonz83]

@JoeDaPlumber SOCIALISISM...I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN, A DIRTY FUCKEN COMMIE! YOU ARE THE TRAITOR YOU DOUBLE THINKING PIECE OF SLIME...WAKE UP, COLLECTIVISM DOESNT WORK, TRANSFER OF WEALTH DOESNT WORK...MY FAMILY DIED!!!!! YOU STUPID LITTLE BABY...WHEN THE SHIT HITS THE FAN,YOUR PUNKASS WILL BE SCARED OF US WHO ARE TRUE FREEDOM LOVERS!MY FAMILY FOUGHT FOR OUR RIGHT TO EXIST AND BLED FOR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY FROM TYRANNY, FUCK YOU COMMIE, GO SUCK KARL MARX DICK YOU FILTH!!!! FUCKEN FACIST

[choppermfg]

al jazeera is the best ..........u can not get this in any of the media in the usa

[manidafonz83]

RON PAUL 2012! RON PAUL 2012!

[manidafonz83]

Dude...you ARE an IDIOT! Your channel is full of bullshit and wrestling...you are fake and a troll....i hope you stop drinking floridaded water and GMO foods...Muthafucka please, you claim to be a specialist? in what? Ignorance maybe...i think you need to step out the political arena because you are about to get SMASHED!!!!

[manidafonz83]

The dollar is king in El Salvador. and the dollar is unstable here in america, what do you suppose will happen when inflation hits El Salvador, hmm? The fascist American Shadow Govt started the coo in the 80's and its time again for round two...What happen to our revolutionary roots? are we so disconnected from liberty and freedom that we forget to protect and preserve our natural god given rights?

[manidafonz83]

El Dollar Es dominante en El Salvador, y que le seta al dollar americano? SOCIALISTA!!! El le esta ayudano a crimen organizado con el jefe Obama con los guerillas de los Zetas de Mexico...Lo que esta pasando mi patria, es terrible, mi gente se tiene que armarse y preparar para el collapse del dollar porque no esta estable el dollar./

[Stevie68000]

Ron Paul will never send Americans to fight & die for Israel & Jew

[anon010110]

@Stevie68000 LOLWUT

[ElSanti0]

El Salvador can be a productive, contributing and a valuable friend to the world but they will need strong leadership, will and people.

[Doggfather26]

The fact that he is willing to compare apples to oranges is proof enough he is willing to have some death in the country.And yes he is down playing the deaths by saying but we dont have as many as Mexico, Guatemala, etc etc. I do not understand completely why El Salvador has to be militarized, as I do not live there, but what happens a crisis arrives of greater magnitude? If the military is already there who will come to the rescue? I think the people need to wise up, and stop the killing

[manidafonz83]

My people from Sensunte, Cabanas, San Salvador, San Vicente....We have forgotton our roots in revolution. The El Salvadorian Government has been co-opted by the fascist United States Government and are working with NAFTA/CAFTA to bring out a New World Order....La Gente Unida, Hamas Sera Vencida!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Muerte al Gobeirno mundial!!!!! Funes, tu eres agente socialista de los estados unidos, revolution va a llegar otra vez cuando descubran que tu regalaste nuestro patria! REVOLUTION!!!!!!!!!

[JoeDaPlumber]

@manidafonz83 Funes no a regalado nada. El esta haciendo buen trabajo.

[manidafonz83]

@JoeDaPlumber Estas fumando mota? Puta serote, porque parese que tu culo se puso ablar mierda! es obvio que eres ignorante! Defend freedom and liberty, Death to the new world order!!!!!

[JoeDaPlumber]

@manidafonz83 El que esta fumando mota es otro. Yo creo que ud. sufre de schizofrenia. El Salvador necesita deshacerse de las maras y de mantener el capitalismo vivo y atraer mas inversion a la patria. Esas ideas viejas y locas de comunismo no van a funcionar en El Salvador. Primero necesitamos inversion para poner socialismo.

[manidafonz83]

Mr JoeDaPlumer...Yo no soi communista...ya me ensenaste que si eres ignorante del los problemas sociales del mundo...tu no entiendes que es capitalismo verdadero. El Globalization, NAFTA/CAFTA, cosas asi son los problema...sadly my friend you dont understand geo politics, please educate yourself before engaging a true CONSTITUTIONALIST!!!!! I love freedom, i love liberty and im voting for RON PAUL in 2012!!

[JoeDaPlumber]

@manidafonz83 LOL! Estas hablando con alguien con esa especialidad. El globalismo es bueno y nos acerca a todos. Trae mas inversion a nuestros paises. CAFTA trajo empleo como NAFTA lo hizo a Mexico. Vos a que universidad fuiste para que te pongas hablar cosas fuera de tu conocimiento?

[manidafonz83]

@JoeDaPlumber Globalimo es bueno? oh, te gustaria vivir bajo un gobeirno mundial senor especialista? Hoi quien es communista? you're obviously Co-Intelpro...I live and study in America, buddy! you are a dis-info agent...obviamente yo estudie en una escuela mejor que la tuya porque se quendo la gente es ignorante!

[JoeDaPlumber]

@manidafonz83 Is this conversation in English or Spanish? You tell me what university did you attend then I will continue this conversation. You obviously don't have any grasp of Salvadorian politics or Ron Paul. First you say you support Ron Paul which you know to be a Republican (as far removed he is from the Reaganites) which are the ppl that came to bomb our nation. Stop your juvenile denunciations and desires for revolution, you don't even write proper Spanish.

[Doggfather26]

@manidafonz83 You are right the people need to unit, They need to educate themselves on new social behaviors. Like by helping others they help themselves, especially in a community. Young kids and parents need to unit to extract what is hurting their community. Gangs, theft, and establish a new government that will stand up to the united states. The rich and ill of thought will look to make a extra buck off of the poor even to their death, the Dollar will kill them, if they do not fight.

[manidafonz83]

@Doggfather26 Its good to see people understand economics and its application to social justice...yes sir, the US dollar is going to destroy production through inflation...practically killing them...

[kuz4b]

Stop throwing stones at Iran!

[kuz4b]

Stop throwing stones at Iran!