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The US Embassy reacted quickly to recent polls showing that the Faribundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN) was projected to be a likely winner in El Salvador's presidential elections next year (see NotiCen, 2003-06-05). US Ambassador Rose Likens told the press that the FMLN has "generated worry." The message from Liken, reminiscent of the Cold War, was, "That their holding up Cuba, China, or Vietnam as a model or speaking of an end to privatizations when there are US companies that have invested in developing key sectors of national life could endanger investment."
Likens, having served three years as ambassador, is on her way out. She conceded that it is a bit early to evaluate possible changes in bilateral relations, but the warning and the intention to sow fear into hearts in the political sector were unmistakable.
"Without mentioning what happened the eleventh of September, the Frente's negative comments against Washington or the letter from Fidel Castro accusing our president of wanting to invade Cuba indicate possible future policies that concern us," said Likens.
The concerns may be rooted in the past, but they arose soon after the release of polls showing that the party of the left has a strong probability of wresting the presidency from the right-wing Alianza Republicana Nacionalista (ARENA) on March 21, 2004. Both ARENA and the president it elected are sinking fast in the esteem of the electorate. Likens is feeding a burgeoning fear on the political right in El Salvador at the prospect not only of an FMLN win, but a...
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