Posted on 03/16/2009 6:48:25 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A charismatic former TV journalist promised to build strong ties with President Barack Obama and promote investor confidence Monday as he took El Salvador into uncharted territory by being elected its first leftist president.
Behind Mauricio Funes is a party of former Marxist guerrillas that fought to overthrow U.S.-backed governments in the 1980s and whose rise to power has raised fears of a communist regime in the war-scarred Central American country.
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“promote investor confidence Monday in El Salvador.”
Yea, right, I’ll put my money in El Salvador - not in a month of Sundays.
moderation???
hhahahahaha
lol
Naw, the media isn’t biased against freedom.
/s
Next time we clean out that ****hole... leave no commie breathing!
LLS
“Salvadoran leftist president promises moderation...”
...and bipartisanship, and ci-vill-i-tee (a la Pelosi).
“Salvadoran leftist president promises moderation”
The US also elected a leftist president who promised moderation. However, upon being sworn into the job took a hard left turn.
They always promise moderation.
Then they take office...
Where have we heard that before??? Oh yea, that Chavez guy in Venezuela and Putin in Russia...
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