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Weekly Report - 6 December 2007 (ISSN 1741-7422)
EL SALVADOR: Saca unimpressed with size of US funding
Even the staunchest of allies struggle to contain their disillusionment at
times. Such was the case when President Tony Saca travelled to Washington to
hold talks with his US counterpart George W Bush last week. Bush promised US$50m
a year to be divided among all the Central American countries for Iniciativa
Mérida, the US security initiative designed to tackle the twin threats of drug
trafficking and transnational crime in Mexico and Central America. Mexico alone
is receiving ten times this sum.
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