`` Once Funes assumes office on 1 June , his government will face major challenges to boost the economy , cut government expenditures to trim the fiscal deficit and maintain support to the poor , who are being hit hardest by the economic downturn , '' analyst Heather Berkman wrote in a report last week for the Eurasia Group consulting firm . Funes is inaugurated as El Salvador 's president . Mauricio Funes of the FMLN party is El Salvador 's first leftist president . Funes ' political party waged guerrilla war against government till recent years . Secretary of Funes Hillary Clinton among dignitaries at inauguration .
Funes is inaugurated as El Salvador 's president . Mauricio Funes of the FMLN party is El Salvador 's first leftist president . Funes ' political party waged guerrilla war against government till recent years . Secretary of Funes Hillary Clinton among dignitaries at inauguration .