Obama’s Central America hypocrisy met with protests

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United States President Barack Obama’s visit to El Salvador on March 22 became a focal point for protests.

Protests were organised that day by Central American social movement organisations and their North American allies outraged by US trade policy and military meddling in the region.

Local environmental and community organisations joined with allies such as US-El Salvador Sister Cities and Committees in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador to mobilise students and workers for rallies in the US and El Salvador on March 22.

The protests coincided with Obama’s meeting with Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes, whose election two years ago ended decades of right-wing rule.

The Salvadoran left and the international solidarity movement are deeply disappointed and frustrated with Obama’s stance toward Central America.

The purpose of Obama’s visit was supposedly to support the eradication of poverty, violence and government corruption.


<snip> Yet, Obama’s administration is perpetuating these problems (and their natural result, immigration).

US policy on Central America reflects more continuity with past adminstrations than change.


http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/47166


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