El Salvador has a growing insurgency and crime problem, Nicaragua also has growing problems of internal unrest.
All three are happily exporting there poorer population to America.
And China, is extending her influence through economics.
The old ways of coups and covert ops to destabilize opponents is being replaced by the new economic war.
America may one day wake up to find that she has lost much of her influence to China.
This is very much the case with Africa, poverty stricken but rich in resources needed by a modern growing market.
And WHO has not signed a number of economic agreements with China? Chile has alot of economic ties to the US and has for quite some time.
El Salvador & Nicaragua have ALWAYS had problems, as have most countries in the region. The question is do we allow enemies of our country to run those places. During the Cold War, the answer was unequivocally NO. And my preferred policy NOW is the same. You see the mischief that Chavez is stirring up. He needs to go. We should not deal with madmen. That's why Castro will continue to be isolated until he kicks the bucket.