FMLN Slams Ethanol from Sugarcane
The Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) disparaged the Salvadoran government initiative to produce ethanol in El Salvador from sugarcane.

"Antonio Saca s administration lacks a convincing industrialization plan for the sugarcane sector, and is simply parroting Washington s political speech," FMLN leader Salvador Arias said on Wednesday.

He urged development of a State policy that entails true progress in the agricultural sector to benefit investors and cooperatives.

But the reality is that Saca has called for several national sectors to invest in setting up a station in El Salvador to produce ethanol for internal consumption and export, he stated.

"Thats the White House s lecture, but the real objective is to confront other Latin American governments that oppose the US initiative," he said.

The project is unviable, the fuels cannot be replaced by ethanol, said Arias, who also accused Washington of deceiving the world with such a proposal.

The United States is in a state of despair, and its model is based on unlimited consumption (over 20 percent of the world s energy), and it only has oil and gas reserves, he recalled.

Arias said that s why it is trying to encourage the world to use corn, one of the products in greatest demand in Latin America, and even wood to obtain fuel.