tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post116345676177651823..comments2024-03-28T11:30:20.005-05:00Comments on El Salvador Perspectives: The dollar flow into El SalvadorTimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02452039674856298357noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-1163643599250948562006-11-15T20:19:00.000-06:002006-11-15T20:19:00.000-06:00CO LATINO had a very telling story in its cover pa...CO LATINO had a very telling story in its cover page today, about a UCA panel which posited the hypothesis that the real power in El Salvador today has everything to do with the dollar, and nothing to do with the vote. The analysis was very specific with respect to corporate power. I think that the conclusions drawn, and the inferences drawn, remain to be proven or are the subject reasonable people can disagree about, but we ought to at least get on the same page to begin a discussion and the page the Jesuits are reading from rings true to me.Carlos X.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16580093848691478319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-1163608252428507862006-11-15T10:30:00.000-06:002006-11-15T10:30:00.000-06:00without these remittances. El Salvador would have ...without these remittances. El Salvador would have nada<BR/>coffee, sugar, shrimp were 1,2,3<BR/>exports, no more....<BR/>now, even the maquillas textile industries are leaving for China<BR/>que lastima<BR/>but, January, the new Democratic Gov, will be looking strong at these monetary transfers<BR/>as they shouldHodadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04993011326473703588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-1163505280676813662006-11-14T05:54:00.000-06:002006-11-14T05:54:00.000-06:00The thing is this is not new at all. Salvadorans h...The thing is this is not new at all. Salvadorans have known this for a long time. Now that´s scary!!blahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09337691559109629292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9177745.post-1163466645458412392006-11-13T19:10:00.000-06:002006-11-13T19:10:00.000-06:00Another good point should be that the billions of ...Another good point should be that the billions of dollars that are laundered through remittances strengthen the narcocapitalist system established in the region, and it will surely fatten some mafioso's pockets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com