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Editorial: THE DIFFICULTIES TO FULFILL A PROMISE
Politics: WHAT IS THE PLACE THAT THE GANGS OCCUPY IN THE SALVADORAN DEMOCRACY?
Economy: A CRISIS IN THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS?
THE DIFFICULTIES TO FULFILL A PROMISE
The Saca administration has
promised to apply 14 measures to correct the mistakes of the three former
governments. However, it is not clear where this administration will get the
funds to finance this project. Among the different sectors of the country,
except for the government, there is a consensus about the delicate fiscal
situation and the need of a radical tax reform. However, this is a
superficial consensus because everyone talks about the need to increase the
taxes, but there are no agreements about how to do this.
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WHAT IS THE PLACE THAT THE GANGS OCCUPY IN THE SALVADORAN DEMOCRACY?
There are two kinds of possible
answers to this question. From the perspective of most Salvadorans, the
politicians of the right wing, and the business elite could respond to this
question in a negative manner without hesitating. According to these sectors,
it is important to celebrate the idea of a law against the gangs. The Anti-Gang
Law was launched about a year ago by former president Flores. Back then, he
swore that he would create an environment of tranquility for the honest
Salvadorans who were daily harassed by soulless gang members. He promised to
gain back the authority over dozens of neighborhoods and communities
occupied by them. That is why he decided to send policemen and members of
the army to the streets in order to face the incontrollable cancer
represented by the gangs.
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A CRISIS IN THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS?
Recently, the director of the
World’s Commerce Organization (OMC, in Spanish), Supachai Panitchpakdi,
stated that “we all would be poorer” if the last minute attempt to save the
present round of negotiations fails. Before this kind of request, the
representatives of each country had a meeting to give the first answer to a
preliminary agreement sketched by Supachai together with the other leading
mediators. The ambassador of Japan, Shotaro Oshima, agrees with Panitchpakdi’s
request, and stated that the State members should make every possible effort
to establish a pact.
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