Ana María was the nom-de-guerre of Dr.Mélida Anaya Montes,the second in command of the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí(FPL),the oldest of the five guerilla organizations making up the FMLN,in El Salvador.
Vanda is a genus of the orchid family.
Benedita Souza da Silva Sampaio is a Brazilian politician. From a working-class background,she faced class and racial prejudice,overcoming it to become the first female and Afro-Brazilian governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro and,later,Minister of the said Secretary of State as well in the Government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. She
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender,intersex,non-binary and otherwise queer,non-cisgender,non-heterosexual citizens of El Salvador face considerable legal and social challenges not experienced by fellow heterosexual,cisgender Salvadorans. While same-sex sexual activity between all genders is legal in the country,same-sex marriage is not recognized;thus,same-sex couples—and households headed by same-sex couples—are not eligible for the same legal benefits provided to heterosexual married couples.
Salvadorans,also known as Salvadorians,are citizens of El Salvador,a country in Central America. Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador,although there is also a significant Salvadoran diaspora,particularly in the United States,with smaller communities in other countries around the world.
Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena is a Salvadoran politician and former journalist who served as the 41st President of El Salvador from 2009 to 2014. Funes won the 2009 presidential election as the candidate of the left-wing Farabundo MartíNational Liberation Front (FMLN) party and took office on 1 June 2009. Since 2016,Funes and his immediate family have been living in exile in Nicaragua due to allegations of criminality during his tenure. In July 2023,he was placed under sanctions by the U.S. State Department due to his conviction in absentia for negotiations related to the gang truces he made while in office,illicit enrichment,and tax evasion.
General elections were held in Brazil on 3 October 2010 to elect the president,National Congress and state governors. As no presidential candidate received more than 50% in the first round of voting,a second round was held on 31 October to choose a successor to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT),who was constitutionally ineligible to run for a third term as he has already served two terms after winning the elections in 2002 and being re-elected in 2006.
Salvador Sánchez Cerén,also known by his nom de guerre Leonel González,is a Salvadoran politician who served as the 80th President of El Salvador from 2014 to 2019. He took office on 1 June 2014,after winning the 2014 presidential election as the candidate of the left-wing Farabundo MartíNational Liberation Front (FMLN). He previously served as the 41st Vice President under President Mauricio Funes from 2009 to 2014. He was also a guerrilla leader in the Civil War and is the first and only ex-rebel to serve as that country's president.
For the period between 2005 and 2010,El Salvador had the third-lowest birth rate in Central America,with 57 births per 2500. However,during the same period,it had the highest death rate in Central America,59 deaths per 10000. In 2015 life expectancy for men was 67.8 years and 77 years for women. Healthy life expectancy was 57 for males and 62 for females in 2003. There was considerable improvement in socioeconomic and health status from 1990 to 2015. On June 22,2020,the Hospital El Salvador,a permanent hospital conversion of the convention center in San Salvador,was opened to the public;it is Latin America's largest hospital and was built to receive COVID-19 patients.
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 2 February 2014,with a second round held on 9 March since no candidate won an outright majority. The primary candidates were Vice-President Salvador Sánchez Cerén of the FMLN,San Salvador Mayor Norman Quijano of ARENA,and Former President Antonio "Tony" Saca. Saca represented GANA,the National Conciliation Party,and the Christian Democratic Party in the UNIDAD coalition. Incumbent President Mauricio Funes was ineligible to run for a consecutive second term. Sánchez Cerén and Quijano emerged as the contestants in the runoff held on 9 March in which Sánchez Cerén was declared the victor.
Operation Car Wash was a landmark anti-corruption probe in Brazil. Beginning in March 2014 as the investigation of a small car wash in Brasília over money laundering,the proceedings uncovered a massive corruption scheme in the Brazilian federal government,particularly in state-owned enterprises. The probe was conducted through a joint task force of agents in the federal police,revenue collection agency,internal audit office and antitrust regulator. Evidence was collected and presented to the court system by a team of federal prosecutors led by Deltan Dallagnol,while the judge in charge of the operation was Sergio Moro. Eventually,other federal prosecutors and judges would go on to oversee related cases under their jurisdictions in various Brazilian states. The operation implicated leading businessmen,federal congressmen,senators,state governors,federal government ministers,and former presidents Collor,Temer and Lula. Companies and individuals accused of involvement have agreed to pay 25 billion reais in fines and restitution of embezzled public funds.
Franzi Hato Hasbún Barake was a Salvadoran politician of Palestinian origin.
María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila is a Salvadoran lawyer who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for the country from 1999 to 2004. She worked as a Director of Corporate Sustainability at HSBC for Latin America and is based in Mexico City.
Rosa Amelia Guzmán was a Salvadoran journalist,feminist and suffragette. Her 1950 speech to the Constituent Assembly was instrumental in women gaining,not just the right to vote,but the rights of citizenship on 14 September. She was one of the first four women elected to serve in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.
The Truth Commission for El Salvador was a restorative justice truth commission approved by the United Nations to investigate the grave wrongdoings that occurred throughout the country's twelve year civil war. It is estimated that 1.4 percent of the Salvadoran population was killed during the war. The commission operated from July 1992 until March 1993,when its findings were published in the final report,From Madness to Hope. The eight-month period heard from over 2,000 witness testimonies and compiled information from an additional 20,000 witness statements.
Gabriela Roberta Rodríguez de Bukele is a Salvadoran educator,prenatal psychologist and the current First Lady of El Salvador,as the wife of the 43rd President of El Salvador,Nayib Bukele. She is also a professional ballet dancer and is part of the dance company Fundación Ballet de El Salvador.
Irma Segunda Amaya Echeverría is a Salvadoran feminist,human rights activist,former guerrilla fighter,and politician. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador and the first Salvadoran female President of the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) for the term 2018–2019.
Victoria Marina Velásquez de Avilés is a Salvadoran jurist.
Ciudad Mujer is a project of the government of El Salvador,created on March 28,2011,as an initiative of the then First Lady Vanda Pignato. It consists of offering aid to victims of violence against women,as well to provide access to women's healthcare services,financial advice,and career training. The six Ciudad Mujer centers,located throughout the country offer services from 15 Salvadoran government agencies in one location. These include job training and financial loans to offer a chance for economic independence. Ciudad Mujer also provides healthcare services,including forensic laboratories and legal aid for victims of sexual assault,reproductive services,neonatal care,and breast cancer prevention. 603,000 women have utilized Ciudad Mujer,as of November 2014.
