Salvadorian Leader
Leaves for US
Salvadorian President
Antonio Saca leaves for
the US Monday, where he
expects to deal with
issues of bilateral
interest with his
counterpart, George W.
Bush, including the
questioned stay of
Salvadorian troops in
Iraq.
In a Sunday radio
message, Saca announced
he will meet with Bush
on Thursday at the White
House.
Saca will first talk
with Organization of
American States General
Secretary Jose Miguel
Insulza, and World Bank
President Robert
Zoellick.
Washington considers the
Salvadorian government
as one of its main
allies in Latin America,
a region where US
administrations have
historically maintained
domination interests.
Official sources
revealed the two
presidents will also
deal with the so called
ó Merida Initiative, ó a
plan that, according to
analysts, represents a
new US stratagem to
increase its military
presence in the area.
El Salvador is the only
Latin American country
with military troops in
Iraq, though its
presence has been ever
more questioned by the
national public opinion.
Saca will leave the
government with two
ongoing wars impossible
to be won: one in Iraq,
and the other in El
Salvador's streets, a
local daily commented
recently. |
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