Former guerrilla commander sworn in as El Salvador president

Monday, June 2nd 2014 - 07:55 UTC

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Former guerrilla commander Salvador Sanchez Ceren on Sunday was sworn in as president of El Salvador for the second consecutive five-year mandate of the FMLN, an ex-guerrilla movement and current political party. Read full article

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golfcronie
Todays quiz. Can anyone name the countries that do NOT have ex terrorist Presidents in LATAM?
Jun 02nd, 2014 - 08:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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yankeeboy
1. The successful ones...
Jun 02nd, 2014 - 01:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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bushpilot
“absolute commitment to social justice”

That's the catch. Equality and respect for the poor are one thing. Handout programs and free cash are another. The latter just corrupts everything, it is the opposite of justice.

@1 Government suppression of the communist movement in El Salvador was brutal. The military wasn't just upholding “freedom”. They were crushing the poor back into their “place”. The military played the part of a butcher. They were trained in the U.S.

On the other hand:
All those FMLN supporters in El Salvador are all really, really wanting to find work in their enemy's country, the U.S.

Or, they have already become U.S. citizens and their families back in El Salvador are financially well off from remittances from the U.S. They hardly see any irony in that.
Jun 02nd, 2014 - 02:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Philippe
A warning to Colombia!
With a president like Santos- who is no santo- this is what may happen
one day to Colombia, sooner than later- a “guerrilla-president.”

Philippe
Jun 05th, 2014 - 03:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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