Social protest during the government of Mauricio Funes-FMLN

Abstract

This article analyzes the main protests occurred during the FMLN Government of Mauricio Funes and how this respond to the collective mobilization, since some small peaks of protests were identified. The analysis focuses on the social protest and some of its key issues as the conflictograma, the repertoires of collective action, the claimant actors and defendant’s actors, the geographical
area of the conflict, the fields of conflict, the demands, the framing processes, the radicalization, the protest peaks, and the Government response. The study relies on qualitative and quantitative methods. The main results were that the protests pursued to improve the conditions of existence and the institutional functions while the Government responded rejecting the protest and creating a negotiation space with some key actors.