Noticias de Centroamerica/Politics & Latest News

[Antonio81]

Cinco hombres armados secuestran a universitaria hondurena en Tegucigalpa (http://noticias.terra.com/articulos/act1638091/Cinco_hombres_armados_secuestran_a_universitaria_hondurena_en_Tegucigalpa/)

[Antonio81]

Presiona EU a Nicaragua para resolver controversias electorales (http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/presiona-eu-a-nicaragua-para-resolver/n20090213120809990040?ecid=RSS0001)

[Antonio81]

Capturan a 79 guatemaltecos indocumentados en Veracruz (http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/capturan-a-79-guatemaltecos/n20090216191509990035?ecid=RSS0001)

[Antonio81]

Asesinado de dos balazos dueno del Puntarenas F.C. (http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2009/febrero/17/sucesos1878166.html)

[Antonio81]

Jesse Jackson visita Panama (http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/jesse-jackson-visita-panama/n20090209141409990008?ecid=RSS0001)

[Antonio81]

Avila denuncia:Chavez financia campana FMLN (http://www.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_completa.asp?idCat=6351&idArt=3355647)

[Antonio81]

Former Prime Minister, Said Musa, will be tried in the Supreme Court for theft (http://www.amandala.com.bz/index.php?id=8161)

[Popol Vuh]

CUIDADO BELICE. :eek:

Gobierno evalúa canje de armas rusas por alimentos
Rusia es una de las potencias mundiales en fabricación de armamento militar.

Por hugo alvarado
FUENTE: http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2009/febrero/27/298278.html

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El Gobierno analiza adquirir equipo militar de fabricación rusa, el cual tendría opción de pagar con alimentos como café y azúcar, que le interesan al Gobierno de Rusia, informó el vicepresidente Rafael Espada, quien se reunió con el embajador de ese país.

El vicepresidente afirmó que, el miércoles recién pasado, se reunió en su despacho con el embajador de Rusia en Guatemala, Nicolay Vladimir, y con el agregado militar, naval y aéreo, coronel Dimitry Babychuck. También participó el jefe del Estado Mayor de la Defensa, Juan José Ruiz, y otros cinco miembros de la cúpula militar guatemalteca, quienes conocieron el equipo militar que fabrica aquel país.

La comitiva rusa mostró documentales a los funcionarios guatemaltecos sobre el potencial de fabricación de armamento de tierra, agua y aire que poseen.

No descartó que puedan adquirir aviones, tanques y armas, pero la decisión la tendrá que tomar el Ejército, expresó Espada.

El equipo militar sería utilizado para combatir el crimen organizado y para el resguardo de fronteras y caminos que los grupos ilegales utilizan.

El embajador ruso manifestó que una de las probabilidades es lograr un intercambio, para que Guatemala les proporcione productos de exportación nacional como café y azúcar.

Espada expuso que no se firmó ningún acuerdo o compromiso, pero analizan obtener el equipo por medio de la producción de granos.

Este tipo de pago no es nuevo para Rusia, ya que lo ha aplicado con Ecuador y Tailandia. En este último país el intercambio de armas es por palma africana, que sirve para la producción de aceite vegetal y etanol.

En el país existen extensiones considerables de plantaciones de palma africana. Se descartó que el maíz, frijol o arroz estén incluidos en el canje.

Francisco Loranca, vocero del Ejército, informó que Rusia es una nación importante en la industria militar y que la propuesta será evaluada por el alto mando del Ejército.

La institución armada requiere de equipo de tecnología de punta para las fuerzas de aire, mar y tierra, resaltó.

El embajador ruso explicó que su país está dispuesto a apoyar a Guatemala en el fortalecimiento del Ejército, así como en capacitación para la Policía Nacional Civil.

Además, enfatizó en que están dispuestos a ofrecer su equipo técnico para reforzar la seguridad.

Rusia juega un nuevo papel en América Latina en lo que respecta a la industria militar.

Según el diario digital Gazeta.ru, el presidente Hugo Chávez, de Venezuela, habría negociado la compra de 20 sistemas antiaéreos Tor-M1, los mismos que Irán adquirió a finales del 2005, tres submarinos diésel-eléctricos de la clase Varshavianka y otros seis de la clase Amur, 10 buques de superficie de distinta clase, 20 aviones patrulla Il-114 y 10 helicópteros Mi-28N.

Rusia expresó hace poco su deseo de aumentar los lazos de seguridad con Bolivia y que estaba trabajando en un acuerdo para la venta de helicópteros, que servirían en la lucha contra las drogas, según la agencia de noticias Interfax.

Mario Mérida, militar retirado y analista independiente, consideró que el Gobierno debe analizar la conveniencia de adquirir el armamento, ya que Guatemala ha estado bajo la influencia de Estados Unidos en la compra de este tipo de equipo y recientemente se firmó el acuerdo del Plan Mérida, para la lucha antidrogas en la región, por un monto de US$16 millones.

[Guicho]

Suerte al frente el domingo

[Antonio81]

El Salvador's 1st leftist president takes power (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090602/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_salvador_president_9)

[Popol Vuh]

El Salvador's 1st leftist president takes power (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090602/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_salvador_president_9)
This is going to be interesting. Let's see how this works out and if a true left wing president could fix the country's problems. This guy is in the Chávez/Evo/Ortega scale.

[Antonio81]

Really? I haven't had a chance to read up on him. Ortega's done wonders for Nicaragua by trampling all over civil and human rights during the civil war in the 80s, and handing out tax money to his supporters and thugs right now. Not to mention sending around a million immigrants scurrying into Costa Rica and Miami and making his country the poorest in the Americas besides Haiti. Hopefully he'll be closer to Kirshner or Lula and turn things around.

[el_cuscatleco]

This is going to be interesting. Let's see how this works out and if a true left wing president could fix the country's problems. This guy is in the Chávez/Evo/Ortega scale.

Funes ideals are nowhere near as extreme as the three you've mentioned. Yes, they might seem that way as El Salvador has been aligned to the right for so wrong and any small change can seem drastic. But to catagorize in the same boat as Chávez, Morales and Ortega is very unfair.

[Popol Vuh]

Funes ideals are nowhere near as extreme as the three you've mentioned. Yes, they might seem that way as El Salvador has been aligned to the right for so wrong and any small change can seem drastic. But to catagorize in the same boat as Chávez, Morales and Ortega is very unfair.
You're right thats too much but he's definitely left wing all the way. I believe he used to support or was part of the Marxist guerrillas from the 80s.

[el_cuscatleco]

You're right thats too much but he's definitely left wing all the way. I believe he used to support or was part of the Marxist guerrillas from the 80s.

See that's the problem with a lot of people who don't know much about Salvadoran politics. They think that because Funes is part of the FMLN, that he must have very leftist views; and that those those views are going to create another Cuba/Venezuela in El Salvador. Which is completely incorrect. I mean yes, there is no doubt that he's aligned to the left, but centre-left would be a much better way to describe his ideals. This fact, has actually caused some problems with people inside FMLN, as they think his views are to central to what they'd like. But the truth is, there was no chance that FMLN was going to win the presidency with any of their old school "orthodox" members. And as they couldn't be nominted, they choose Funes to represent them. At that point he stated that he wanted to update the parties ideals from leftist, to centre-left. And much to the dismay of those old school members, he's now doing it. Obviously he has a long way to go, but things are looking promising.

As for his participation in the war, well he played no part in any of the fighting itself. Yes, he did sympathies more with the FMLN rather than the US backed rightwing government, but that had a lot to do with his brother being killed by the army.

Ultimatley though, Funes is a smart guy. He knows what the country needs to progress, and more importantly what it doesn't need. He's not your traditional "orthodox" FMLN member that is stuck in his ways and unable to accept change. Yes, he did support the guerrilla during the war, but is that so wrong? Does that, along with him being a leftist mean that he can not bring positive change to the country? These are the questions that anti-FMLN right-wing sympathizer need to ask themselves and try to consider without letting their own political views influence their judgements. In my experiance, more often than not, these people can't bring themselves to admit that a leftist government can bring any kind of positive change. And that, to me, makes them as hard headed as all those older FMLN members who think they are still in the war and want us to completely boycott our relationship with the USA.

[Antonio81]

See that's the problem with a lot of people who don't know much about Salvadoran politics. They think that because Funes is part of the FMLN, that he must have very leftist views; and that those those views are going to create another Cuba/Venezuela in El Salvador. Which is completely incorrect. I mean yes, there is no doubt that he's aligned to the left, but centre-left would be a much better way to describe his ideals. This fact, has actually caused some problems with people inside FMLN, as they think his views are to central to what they'd like. But the truth is, there was no chance that FMLN was going to win the presidency with any of their old school "orthodox" members. And as they couldn't be nominted, they choose Funes to represent them. At that point he stated that he wanted to update the parties ideals from leftist, to centre-left. And much to the dismay of those old school members, he's now doing it. Obviously he has a long way to go, but things are looking promising.

As for his participation in the war, well he played no part in any of the fighting itself. Yes, he did sympathies more with the FMLN rather than the US backed rightwing government, but that had a lot to do with his brother being killed by the army.


This is understandable. El Salvador's right-wing regime was one of the most brutal in all of Latin America (second only to neighboring Guatemala) and almost 100,000 people died as a result of the war that ensured. Practically the entire Latin America has gone Left, including Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua (far-left) and Oscar Arias (centre-left) in Costa Rica.


Ultimatley though, Funes is a smart guy. He knows what the country needs to progress, and more importantly what it doesn't need. He's not your traditional "orthodox" FMLN member that is stuck in his ways and unable to accept change. Yes, he did support the guerrilla during the war, but is that so wrong? Does that, along with him being a leftist mean that he can not bring positive change to the country? These are the questions that anti-FMLN right-wing sympathizer need to ask themselves and try to consider without letting their own political views influence their judgements. In my experiance, more often than not, these people can't bring themselves to admit that a leftist government can bring any kind of positive change. And that, to me, makes them as hard headed as all those older FMLN members who think they are still in the war and want us to completely boycott our relationship with the USA.

Sounds hopeful. Lula in Brazil is an example of a former Communist who was able to adjust his views to the present adapt and free-market policies, and he's done good things for race relations and Brazil's economy. I'll be following politics in the region a bit closer to see how it progresses.

[Antonio81]

OEA repudia golpe en Honduras; no reconocera nuevo gobiero (http://noticias.aol.com/articulos/_a/oea-repudia-golpe-en-honduras-no/n20090628201709990008?ecid=RSS0001)


WASHINGTON (AP) - La OEA acordó no reconocer al nuevo gobierno instalado en Honduras por golpistas el domingo y convocó una sesión de emergencia de los cancilleres americanos para determinar qué otras acciones adoptará la institución a raíz del derrocamiento del presidente Manuel Zelaya.

En una resolución, que demandó unas cinco horas redactarla, la organización "rechaza y repudia" la destitución, arresto y expulsión de Zelaya del país y la subsecuente instalación de un gobierno presidido por Roberto Micheletti, presidente del Congreso.

Los ministros se reunirán en Washington el martes a las 4 de la tarde y pueden decidir una serie de sanciones a Honduras previstas en la Carta Democrática Interamericana, incluyendo la suspensión de la participación del país en las actividades de la organización.

El embajador hondureño Carlos Sosa leyó la resolución al reanudarse la sesión de emergencia del Consejo Permanente de embajadores, y el embajador chileno Pedro Oyarce pidió que se la aprobara por aclamación.

La resolución de siete puntos declara que "no se reconocerá a ningún gobierno" que surja de la ruptura del orden constitucional en Honduras.

Los embajadores encargaron al secretario general José Miguel Insulza que viaje el lunes a Managua para la reunión presidencial del Sistema de Integración Centroamericana (SICA) a fin de realizar "consultas y gestiones" con los presidentes, entre los cuales estará Zelaya, quien fue expulsado por los golpistas a San José, Costa Rica.

Los embajadores resolvieron también "exigir el inmediato, seguro e incondicional retorno" de Zelaya a sus funciones constitucionales y condenaron enérgicamente todo acto de violencia y en especial la detención arbitraria denunciada de la canciller Patricia Rodas, otros miembros del gabinete.

En tanto, el secretario salvadoreño de Comunicaciones David Rivas aseguró a la AP que Insulza planeaba arribar la noche del domingo a San Salvador para reunirse con el presidente Mauricio Funes con el fin de "darle seguimiento" a la crisis generada en la vecina Honduras.

"El secretario tiene programado llegar por la noche. Se van a reunir en casa presidencial y van a evaluar la situación en Honduras", informó Rivas durante una entrevista telefónica.

El anuncio de la visita de Insulza ocurrió minutos después que Funes, del izquierdista Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN), había condenado enérgicamente el golpe de estado ocurrido la madrugada del domingo en el vecino país.

Funes informó que entre otras medidas ordenó un refuerzo de militares y policías las fronteras con Honduras, el aeropuerto internacional y una base militar en la periferia este de la capital salvadoreña.

Cuando se realizaba la sesión en la OEA, los golpistas instalaron como presidente a Micheletti, actual presidente del Congreso.

Micheletti, miembro del Congreso durante 27 años y empresario del transporte público, forma parte del Partido Liberal, de Zelaya. Perdió en las elecciones internas del partido para la designación de candidato presidencial para las elecciones de noviembre, que las ganó el actual candidato, Elvin Santos.

Zelaya tuvo en Micheletti a un fuerte crítico por los intentos presidenciales de reformar la constitución a fin de permitirse una reelección.

Durante la sesión de la OEA, Insulza dijo que viajaría a Tegucigalpa el lunes junto con una delegación de embajadores, pero luego informó que iría más bien a la reunión del SICA en Managua, por dificultades en el transporte aéreo al ser suspendidos los vuelos comerciales.

Adelantó que en la reunión del SICA estará presente Zelaya junto con el presidente costarricense Oscar Arias, quien lo ha recibido en una base militar a donde fue expulsado por los golpistas, identificados por la misión hondureña como los jefes de las fuerzas armadas del país.

Entretanto, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) condenó el golpe y pidió aclarar el paradero de la canciller Rodas y otros miembros del gabinete que fueron arrestados durante la operación militar.

La CIDH, un órgano autónomo de la OEA, "exige que se aclare de manera urgente" la situación de todos ellos y que "se respete y proteja su vida e integridad personal, así como la vida e integridad de los miembros de la familia del presidente Manuel Zelaya".

[Popol Vuh]

This is very stupid in my opinion. President Zelaya didnt do anything illegal and was working democratically. He should be reinstated.

No wonder our countries would never be more than banana republics.

[Antonio81]

I found it interesting Obama was quick to wash absolve the US/CIA of any responsibility, it was almost acknowledging the role of past Republican administrations in coups. I wish the rest of Central America could follow Costa Rica down the path in respect for the democratic process/rule of law.

[Catracho_Azul]

This is very stupid in my opinion. President Zelaya didnt do anything illegal and was working democratically. He should be reinstated.

No wonder our countries would never be more than banana republics.

Your kidding me right...do you even know what going on in Honduras right now...do you know why he got forced out of Honduras...we don't want that communist socialism bullsh** in our country. we don't take lightly with crap like that...the Army wasnt behind Zelaya and so they forced him out. and now word is Hugo Chavez is in Nicaragua. :mad: one step in honduran soil...off with his head.