theCardinal's Corner: El Salvador

Colombia is not backing down on its FARC accusations and tells Hugo where to stick his "Plan de Paz."
Great piece in WaPost on Mex Drug Cartel Violence going to Central America. Did you know that homicides per capita in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras far outstrip Mexico's?
Kidnappers of Don Diego release photo and letter. Depressing and awful.
Correa starts to set the stage to nationalize petrol companies.
Ortega talks up US Sec of Labor Solis, kind of nauseating actually. She is visiting the Nicas.
Alvaro Vargas Llosa is cautiously optimistic about the release of political prisoners in Cuba. Even then, he is too optimistic. The Church got a role in all of this because Ortega is a tool and can be manipulated not because it brings anything to the table.
US Charges d' Affaires in Bolivia whines and begs Evo to cooperate in fight against narcos. Seriously, why should he? So the US can help the way they help Mex? The way they helped sink Colombia to the brink of collapse? Why should they lift bring more killing, corruption and crime just to raise the price of cocaine by $1 a kilo? Evo should give him the middle finger and say - "We don't snort or smoke, you deal with it."
Maradona is out - the vote was unanimous.
Peru's State of the Union/4th of July is tomorrow - one legislator's plea..."Don't lie."

Castro almost got an artificial anus but opted against it. This and other scintillating details about Fidel's colon and rectum were revealed by el Pais in Spain.
Salvatore Mancuso, a former "para" leader in Colombia, confessed/boasted about his crimes in an effort to take advantage of a deal provided to all "paras" to disclose crimes and serve reduced sentences.
A second arrest warrant has been issued for Isabel Peron, a request for extradition should come next.
El Salvador marked the 15th anniversary of the signing of the peace accords that allowed the FMLN to put down its weapons.
Correa marks his first day on the job by signing an oil deal with Hugo.
Nicaragua's new finance minister is making poverty his number one concern. He says the right things but is incredibly vague as to the policies that he will implement - that is rarely a good thing.
Calderon starts a jobs program providing incetives to companies to hire first time workers.
Evo's land reform is posing challenges to its benficiaries.
Mexico is ticked that an illegal border jumper was killed by the Border Patrol.
Texas border mayors say "no" to a fence. I can respect that but what should be done then, any suggestions? One mayor sends that a barrier would send the "wrong message." The message that a wall/fence says to me is don't cross the boder illegally - is that the "wrong message."

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