US Interfering In El Salvador Elections Again?
CIPRES, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, alleged U.S. Ambassador Charles Glazer admitted the U.S. meddled in the 2004 El Salvador elections. CIPRES fears the U.S. is already interfering in the January 2009 primaries and the March election.
No one in Latin America will soon forget the role the United States played in the 12 year civil war fought in El Salvador that ended in 1992. Who can forget the School of the Americas? We supplied funding, weapons, and the training of the right-wing military death squads. Remember the "desaparecidos?" The murdered and "disappeared" 80,000 victims of the death squads? The four raped and murdered American nuns? The assassinated Archbishop of El Salvador, Oscar Romero?
Remember John Negraponte's role? He was in El Salvador again in June trying to ratchet up the color-coded danger alert level, a tactic once effectively used against a duped American public.
El Salvadorans think Bush is trying to use his tried and true American scare tactics to influence the coming elections in El Salvador, according to CIPRES.
Negraponte alleged links exist between a popular El Salavdoran political party and Colombian rebels - FARC. After Negraponte's visit, Ambassador Glazer used another tactic made popular with Republicans in the fatherland. The old, "you are either for us, or against us" line. Overseas it goes like this, "Any group that collaborates or expresses friendship with the FARC is not a friend of the United States.”
CIPRES alleged Ambassador Glazer admitted the U.S. meddled in the 2004 El Salvador elections. He also claimed there would be no interference in the 2009 election.
Damage control is in full swing as U.S. authorities deny Glazer confirmed any U.S. interference in the 2004 election.
There is even a McCain connection. To ease concerns about U.S. meddling, two groups will be sent to monitor the elections, the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI). However, McCain and the IRI awarded El Salvadoran President Antonio Saca a "Freedom Award" last year, which CIPRES cites as an example of IRI bias.
El Salvador to the U.S.: "we don't want your stinking IRI."
No one in Latin America will soon forget the role the United States played in the 12 year civil war fought in El Salvador that ended in 1992. Who can forget the School of the Americas? We supplied funding, weapons, and the training of the right-wing military death squads. Remember the "desaparecidos?" The murdered and "disappeared" 80,000 victims of the death squads? The four raped and murdered American nuns? The assassinated Archbishop of El Salvador, Oscar Romero?
Remember John Negraponte's role? He was in El Salvador again in June trying to ratchet up the color-coded danger alert level, a tactic once effectively used against a duped American public.
El Salvadorans think Bush is trying to use his tried and true American scare tactics to influence the coming elections in El Salvador, according to CIPRES.
Negraponte alleged links exist between a popular El Salavdoran political party and Colombian rebels - FARC. After Negraponte's visit, Ambassador Glazer used another tactic made popular with Republicans in the fatherland. The old, "you are either for us, or against us" line. Overseas it goes like this, "Any group that collaborates or expresses friendship with the FARC is not a friend of the United States.”
CIPRES alleged Ambassador Glazer admitted the U.S. meddled in the 2004 El Salvador elections. He also claimed there would be no interference in the 2009 election.
Damage control is in full swing as U.S. authorities deny Glazer confirmed any U.S. interference in the 2004 election.
There is even a McCain connection. To ease concerns about U.S. meddling, two groups will be sent to monitor the elections, the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI). However, McCain and the IRI awarded El Salvadoran President Antonio Saca a "Freedom Award" last year, which CIPRES cites as an example of IRI bias.
El Salvador to the U.S.: "we don't want your stinking IRI."
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