Stories by George Thurlow

Re-militarizing El Salvador

Now that the U.S. has been kicked out of Panama, is shunned by Costa Rica and Mexico, and is mired in a guerrilla war in Colombia, where can our military set up shop to wage its drug war in Central and South America? Look no further than El Salvador, a country of deep poverty and crime, where the Pentagon should have no trouble installing its latest beachhead.
Posted on Sep 11, 2000, Source: AlterNet