Sandra Yanira Martínez, pioneering meteorologist and former lawmaker, dies
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Meteorologist Sandra Yanira Martínez Tobar died on Sunday, October 25, at age 67, national media reported; her party, Nuevas Ideas, announced her death. She worked for decades in weather forecasting, aeronautical and marine meteorology and hydrology, and was one of the first women to practice the profession in El Salvador. From 2021 to 2024 she was a lawmaker for La Libertad with Nuevas Ideas. The presidential office posted that President Nayib Bukele and First Lady Gabriela de Bukele mourn her passing. The cause of death has not been made public.
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