In 2011, El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes continued to follow a moderate left-wing political line. He maintained a high rate of public support and is expected to remain high rate of supporting until 2014. As a response to the demands of public, the Funes government increased social spending and took more anti-corruption efforts. In the first quarter of 2011, El Salvador's economy gained a slow recovery. The growth rate was just 1.4%, equal to that in the same period of the last year. Due to the tropical storms in October, the real annual economic growth might be lower than expected. Public security was viewed as major problem for the Funes government and his social policy failed to solve it. The United States is the most important commercial partner and the resource of foreign investment. Maintaining close ties with the United States has been a primary foreign policy goal of Salvadoran governments, including the Funes Administration. In addition, El Salvador was strengthening both the diplomatic and commercial relations with left-wing Latin American countries. <<