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| Welcome to edition 3726 published on 09/07/2010 |
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The relations between the government and a vast mass media and business sector continues to be tense, despite the installation of a Governance Board. Despite sharp criticisms from a group of columnists and editors, chief exective Álvaro Colom insist that there a destabilization plan. Although analysts note that the government has been hesitant in confronting its critics, it is likely that, in the long run, there will be a confrontation. Everything indicates that there are two dividing lines: one political, marked by the anticipated electoral campaign that is defined by the two political forces, the other ideological, in which lie the interests of the business and media sectors in undermining a political project led by the group of the left with representation in the government.
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Dall´Anese is recognized by the UN as a firm opponent against drug trafficking and organized crime. In Costa Rica, his figure provokes great controversy for the line followed in the processes of corruption carried out in the country against two ex-presidents: Miguel Ángel Rodríguez and Rafael Ángel Calderón. His nomination as new chief of the CICIG took place amidst a climate of confrontation with the Consejo Superior del Poder Judicial de Costa Rica, which Dall´Anese accuses of interfering with his work as Fiscal General.
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EL SALVADOR
Funes retakes measures of “mano dura”
Then numbers of homicides and the intensity of violence has not ceased in El Salvador. Two years ago, it was attributed to the pre-eelctoral period, in 2009, to the legislative and presidential elections, and, since Mauricio Funes took power, the monthly averages have gone up to approximately 300 murders. The sicarios have become more armed and organized. Last month, the burning of an bus with its passengers inside raised citizen indignation, and compelled the executive branch to look for more forceful solutions. The first government of the FMLN, with hardly a year under its belt, is determined to pursue repressive policies and a proposal of criminalization against gangs.
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To recover, reconstruct and transform are what the government has set out to do with a Plan of Recovery and Reconstruction with Transformation, which includes the main guidelines of action for confronting humanitarian impact, for the lives and infrastructure that were affected by Agatha and the Pacaya eruption. The subjection of the reconstruction, which has found declarations of compromise since the day of tragedy, has converted on to focus on the new negotiations in Congress.
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Recognized for his ability in economics, Pino was the director for Zelaya´s campaign in the general elections. He headed the Central Bank of Honduras by mandate of the Queen, and was ambassador of Honduras in Washington in the management of Flores. Known amongst the organizations of international credit, he was the presidential pre-candidate in the last internal elections of the Liberal Party. In this interview, Pino talks about the panorama that is living in the Honduran village a year after undergoing the coup détat.
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