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Finding the American Dream... In Mexico

❑ For One Million Americans, Mexico is Home LOUIS E.V. NEVAER NAM News feature MERIDA, Mex. – At some point last fall, the one millionth American established residency here in Mexico. That makes Mexico the host nation for the largest American expatriate community in the world. There are now more Americans living in Mexico than there are in the U.K. or Canada. This trend is accelerating as the U.S. recession deepens and job losses across the United States accelerate. “We’ve seen an increase of almost 40 percent in the number of American citizens making inquiries about the requirements for moving to Mexico,” said an official at the Mexican Consulate in New York. “There are definitely more Americans emigrating to Mexico than this time last year.” This is confirmed by recruiters and global relocation firms. “Mexico is supposed to be gearing up for a great year right now,” Annie Levy Sandin, of Emerging Globe Group, a recruiting firm. That Americans are moving to Mexico is

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Throughtout the US Local District Attorneys Get a Cut of the Debt Collection Business BY MOSI SECRET ProPublica With the seal of Santa Barbara County’s district attorney on its cover, the envelope caught Jennifer Osborn’s attention immediately. And when she opened it, Osborn read something startling: She was being accused of a crime. Osborn, the letter alleged, had “violated criminal statutes by issuing a bad check.” She faced as much as a year in jail and a $2,500 ﬁne unless she made good, paid an additional $215 in fees and spent a Saturday at a “ﬁnancial accountability class.” The letter stunned the 20year-old college sophomore. Osborn was unaware that a $92 check she’d written to her school bookstore had bounced, the result of a mix-up with her mom, she said. “Failure to pay in full

Michael O’Neill bounced a $14 check at a drug store and received a message from a private company purporting to represent the Florida state attorney’s ofﬁce. “They try to scare you -- seriously, is the attorney general of Florida after me for a $14 bounced check?” (CNN)

and schedule class within TEN DAYS from the date of this Notice may result in your case being forwarded for criminal

the time. Despite the oﬃcial seal, the letter wasn’t sent by the DA’s ofﬁce. Osborn had no obligation to attend a class to avoid prosecution. And there was virtually no chance she’d be charged with a crime – in fact, the DA’s explicit policy was not to consider prosecution for bounced checks under $100.

PART ONE OF THREE prosecution,” the letter threatened. Alarmed, Osborn signed up for the class. But there were some things she didn’t know at

Osborn is among the approximately 2 million people a year who receive similar letters from American Corrective Counseling Services, a privately held firm that has turned bad checks into a thriving business. The California-based company has deals to run “diversion” programs on behalf of some 150 county DAs. In return, the DA offices get a cut of the fees. The company’s contracts are careful to note that ACCS is working in a supporting role only. Though it operates under a local DA’s “name, authority and control,” contracts say, the prosecutor’s office “does not delegate to ACCS any aspect of the exercise of prosecutorial discretion.” But that legal nuance is lost in the sternly-worded form letters the company issues to people like Osborn.

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Spirited Supporters Cheer Obama During OC Town Hall ❑ President Fields Questions About the Economy, Immigration KENNETH KIM NAM Writer

ith the ailing California economy and controversy over AIG bonuses as a backdrop, President Barack Obama kicked oﬀ a two-day trip to Southern California to rally public support for his economic policies aimed at pulling the country out of the current economic crisis. Obama appeared Wednesday at a town hall meeting at the Orange County fair-

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President Barack Obama kicked off a two-day trip to Southern California at a town hall in Orange County to rally public support for his economic policies aimed at pulling the country out of recession.

grounds in Costa Mesa, Calif. He spoke for about 20 minutes then took oﬀ his jacket, rolled up his sleeves, and took unscreened questions from the audience for the rest of hour. Before an audience of more

than 1,000 spirited people, Obama sounded like a candidate again, pointing to the failed ﬁnancial system and scolding greedy Wall Street bankers. But, he didn’t forget to mention his message of

hope. “You’ve got one of the highest foreclosure rates in the nation. Budget cuts are threatening the jobs of thousands of teachers across the state,” said Obama, noting the ongoing state budget crisis, rising unemployment rate, reduced home prices and other ﬁnancial problems. “We are not only going to make it through this crisis, we are going to come out on the other side a stronger and more prosperous nation,” said Obama to cheers. Obama took full responsibility for the $165 million in bonuses paid to AIG’s executives shortly after it received $180 billion in a taxpayer-

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AIG’s Minority Racket EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON NAM Commentary American International Group (AIG) ignited a national firestorm of rage when it shelled out at least $165 million in bonuses to its tainted executives. But what has gotten almost no attention is a big reason that AIG had to stiff the government and everyone else. That’s the role that the company played in the subprime loan racket – a racket that hurt tens of thousands of black and Latino would-be homeowners. The lender’s bait-and-switch tactics, deliberately garbled contracts, deceptive and faulty lending, questionable accounting practices, and hidden fees – all with the connivance of sleepy-eyed, see-no-evil federal regulators – are well known and documented. Their snakeoil loan peddling wreaked havoc with thousands of mostly poor homeowners. A disproportionate number of them were Latinos and African Americans. Enter AIG. It saw a treasure trove of fast-buck riches in the subprime business. AIG dumped $33 billion into bonds and securities that were tied directly to subprime loans. This was nearly four times more than the next insurer, the German-based Allianz SE, had invested in subprime loans. In fact, AIG was the only U.S.-based life insurer that had more than three percent of its general account assets in debts tied to subprime loans. In early 2007, things started to unravel. AIG reported a first quarter loss of more than $2 billion in its subprime mortgage bonds. This set off the first warning bell that AIG could implode. Bond traders openly worried that AIG’s subprime securities losses could drag the market down. They had good reason to worry. AIG is first and foremost an insurer. And in addition to its plunging bond and security holdings, the company also insured restructured subprime home bonds. The assumption by the sub-

prime bond holders was that the bonds would lose only a fraction of their value. But by then, subprime defaults had piled up to a 10-year high and the subprime lending market, that was all of its stocks, bonds and insurance, had badly frayed. AIG’s stock had plunged 60 percent within the year. The top rating agencies, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s, concerned over AIG’s continuing losses on subprime and other mortgage-backed securities, downgraded their credit rating. They demanded that the company pay billions to creditors in order to bump back up their ratings. That was billions that AIG didn’t have. AIG was clearly on a non-stop downhill roller coaster ride, and many banks and lenders were heading to perdition with them. AIG briefly flirted with the notion of filing for subprime mortgage lenders’ bankruptcy. But there was a better deal to be had courtesy of a then-panicked President Bush and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. They doled out tens of billions in cash in what turned out to be only the first installment of funds to save AIG’s hide. We may never know the full extent of the financial damage that AIG caused in the subprime market, nor how many prospective minority homeowners suffered losses from the company’s greed. United for a Fair Economy, a public advocacy research group, in an in-depth study on subprime lending, estimates that the tab for minorities for the dubious lending practices reaches more than $200 billion in lost equity and income during the years AIG and the subprime bank lenders ran amok. The group called the home losses the most massive loss of wealth for African Americans in U.S. history. The ultimate tragedy is that many blacks who were enticed by the lenders into taking the risky subprime loans didn’t really need them. Data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act found

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that about 40 percent of the black subprime borrowers could have qualified for cheaper mainstream mortgages. But that was the last thing that the subprime lenders, let alone AIG, wanted. This would have taken a big bite out of their fantasy-level profits. In the end, those profits turned out to be a smoke-and-mirrors illusion just as the subprime illusion was. AIG happily aided and abetted the banks and lenders in their decade-long fast and loose play with the lending rules. Taxpayers are, of course, paying dearly for AIG’s greed and malfeasance. But thousands of blacks and Latinos who had hoped to be homeowners are also paying for that greed. AIG’s minority racket is yet another sorry chapter in the company’s saga. Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. His new book is How Obama Won (Middle Passage Press, January 2009).

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funded federal bailout. “It’s hard to understand that a company that is relying on extraordinary assistance from taxpayers to keep its doors open would be paying anybody lavish bonuses,” he said. “It goes against our most basic sense of what’s fair and what’s right. It offends our values.” But, the president said the buck stops with him. “I’ll take responsibility,” he said. “I’m the president. We didn’t draft these contracts. We’ve got a lot on our plate, but it is appropriate when you are in charge to make sure that stuff doesn’t happen like this.” When asked about immigration reform during the question and answer portion, Obama told the audience that the border must be secured. He said that it is “intolerable” for a half-million people who depress wages of American workers to cross the border each year, and there should be a crackdown on employers who hire undocumented workers. But, at the same time, he said the country should bring undocumented immigrants out of the shadows and give them a pathway to citizenship that includes learning English and paying fines. “It’s not going to be a free ride. It’s not going to be an instant amnesty,” said Obama, who insisted that unless the entire issue must be tackled all at once it won’t work. Asked on the issue of organized labor, the president said actions need to be taken to assure that employee wages keep pace with the cost of living, something that did not happen over the last decade. “All I’m trying to do is restore some balance to our economy, so that middle class families who are working hard can buy a home, go on a vacation once in a while,” Obama said. “They should be able to save for retirement, send their kids to college. That’s not too much to ask for, that’s the American dream.” When a teacher who received a lay-

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Nation

We Can’t Afford the Death Penalty ❑ From California to New York, dozens of newspapers are declaring that state governments can no longer afford the death penalty. LANCE LINDSEY NAM Commentary The Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C., recently reported that the death penalty is too costly. Maryland spent $37 million per execution in the past 28 years. In Florida, home to the second largest death row in the country, the cost estimates are $24 million per execution. California’s cost is $250 million per execution, according to a Los Angeles Times article cited in the report. These states are among 36 states that have the death penalty and, like nearly every state, are going through a ﬁnancial crisis. The outrageous price that

taxpayers bear in order to kill a handful of prisoners has been thrown into sharp relief. Legislators in New Mexico, Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, Montana, New Hampshire, and Colorado are now calling for a repeal of capital punishment, not only to help balance budgets but as a necessary first step in redirecting scarce resources toward genuine public safety measures such as investigating unsolved homicides, community policing, modernizing crime labs, expanding mental health services and other more effective crime prevention programs. As Martin O’Malley, the governor of Maryland, told the New York Times after showing that capital cases in his state cost three times as much as non-capital ones, “We can’t afford that when there are better and cheaper ways to reduce crime.” Recognizing the grandstanding of so-called “tough on crime” politicians as hollow and self-serving, abolitionists have always been the foremost public safety advocates. The

simplistic championing of the death penalty, they say, is not really about eﬀective crime prevention, but more about political ambitions. Jim Oppedahl, a former state court administrator of Helena, Montana, said recently: “There is simply no place for such an enormously expensive government program that accomplishes nothing. And on that criterion alone, the death penalty ought to die.” From a global perspective, opposing the death penalty’s utter futility as a criminal justice tool is simply a matter of

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checks under the limits. Budget data from a dozen of the biggest counties that use ACCS show that DA offices have cashed in. Over the past four years, Los Angeles County received $1 million. In Illinois, Cook County collected more than $160,000 over a 12-month period. Florida’s Miami-Dade County raked in $375,000 between April 2005 and September 2008 (see list). “They are renting the prosecutor’s seal, and they are using that name and authority to collect bad check debt,” says Deepak Gupta, director of the Consumer Justice Project at Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group that joined much of the litigation against ACCS. ACCS gets the lion’s share of the proceeds. Although the firm’s financials are private, court records show that revenues are enough to cover a staff of nearly 300 and make payments on $32 million in debt to a private-equity firm that is helping bankroll the company. Michael Schreck, chief executive officer of ACCS, declined comment. He referred questions to prosecutors and one of the company’s attorneys, Charles Jenkins, who said accusations of deception have no merit. “We have to stop making it harder for the district attorneys to get their job done,” Jenkins said. “How abusive could a

Prosecutors call the ACCS program a win-win. Like traffic school, it allows them to divert defendants away from court into educational classes after a finding of probable cause that they have committed a criminal act. Merchants get repaid about a third of the time; DAs free up resources to handle serious crimes and get a modest budget boost. “This particular function is one that we can legally outsource to a company experienced in doing this,” said Sharon Matsumoto, an assistant district attorney in Los Angeles County. “With all the violent crime in Los Angeles County, we have to concentrate on our core mission.” Jennifer Osborn is a potential plaintiff in the latest classaction litigation against ACCS. But Osborn said prosecutors also have an obligation to be upfront. It wasn’t until she sat through the five-hour class and paid the extra fees that she realized the local DA wasn’t directly involved. “I was upset and angry at first,” she said, “but in hindsight, I am disappointed—mostly because the district attorney takes an oath to abide by our laws.”

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American Corrective Counseling Services (ACCS) is a private company that has paired up with 150 county district attorney offices to pursue people who’ve bounced checks. The district attorneys receive a cut of the collection. The firm’s methods have drawn the ire of consumer advocates and class action attorneys who say prosecutors and ACCS are not enforcing criminal law, as they contend, but cashing in by using deceptive debt collection practices. After federal lawsuits were filed in several states, lobbyists for ACCS and district attorneys turned to Congress. They persuaded Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., to offer critical support for an amendment exempting the program from the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and thus legitimized ACCS’s practices. The exemption went through in 2006 without a public hearing. Frank, now chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said he went along after being told the program was a path for participants to avoid a criminal charge. But that’s not always true. ProPublica obtained ACCS contracts under open records laws and found that DAs who contract with ACCS are asked to specify a minimum check amount subject to prosecution review. The DAs allow ACCS to

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common sense. The majority of nations in the world have abolished the death penalty in law or practice, and no Western democracy except the United States still kills its prisoners. Here at home, more than 80 percent of all executions take place in the South. Given the fact that the latest FBI Uniform Crime report shows the highest murder rate in the United States to also be in the South, the argument for deterrence as a justiﬁcation for the death penalty goes begging. “What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility,”

President Obama challenged us. And with that we are called upon to replace the politics of cynicism and fearmongering with courageous leadership and a politics of conscience. “We reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals,” said President Obama. “Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience’s sake.” With these words resonating within us, we insist that those very ideals must apply to our criminal justice system as well. It is utterly irresponsible to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to expand death rows when our schools, our health care, our environment, and everything we value in our communities face a slow painful demise. We must reject as false the choice between public safety and human rights. And we must not give up the ideal that justice without violence and revenge can be achieved in our lifetime. Lance Lindsey is executive director of Death Penalty Focus. “O-bam-a.” People young and

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off notice questioned him how the federal government’s stimulus package will help teachers who are in danger of losing their jobs, Obama said that the funds are intended to retain teachers. However, he said keeping teachers in their jobs is just one part of the educational equation. “We’ve got to provide better teacher training. There are teachers who may not know their subject matter as well as they should. They’ve got to be given more time for professional development,” he said. “We’ve got to have more flexibility, I believe, in terms of how we reward teachers.” During Obama’s first town hall meeting after taking office, enthusiastic supporters repeatedly interrupted him, yelling “We love you” and chanting

pictures of the president. “I pray him for every day,” said Lillian Pereira, 49, of San Dimas, who emigrated from India about 25 years ago. Thousands of people had lined up at the fairgrounds Monday night and Tuesday morning, hoping to get some of the limited free tickets for the event. But, many were turned away when tickets ran out. Some camped out Monday night at the fairground to secure tickets. Quyen Vuong, 33, who works for the county, spent Monday evening waiting in the line in order to get her tickets to see the ﬁrst black president in U.S. history with her 3-yearold son Matthew. “I couldn’t let go of this once-in-a-lifetime chance,” Vuong said.

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Preparemonos Para Vivir Eternamente HEBREOS. 9:27-28. 27 Y de la manera que está establecido para los hombres que mueran una sola vez, y después de esto el juicio, 28 así también Cristo fue ofrecido una sola vez para llevar los pecados de muchos; y aparecerá por segunda vez, sin relación con el pecado, para salvar a los que le esperan.

PASTOR ADALBERTO MONTOYA UWN Escritor Contribuidor El hombre fue creado por Dios, fue la mano creadora de Dios dándole forma el hombre tomado del polvo de la tierra era como un objeto inanimado sin vida, hasta que Dios soplo en su nariz y dio aliento de vida entonces el hombre fue un ser viviente, ahora entendemos que el hombre esta compuesto de Espíritu, alma y cuerpo. En el principio de su creación el hombre funcionaba en sus tres partes en el espíritu El podía tener comunión con Dios El podía hablar con su creador tener dialogo, adorar y estar en su presencia, en el alma: aquí radican los pensamientos, sentimientos, emociones, afectos, intelecto y voluntad y era la parte con la cual estaba consiente de este mundo, el cuerpo: es el medio de expresión, el cuerpo realizaría aquello que le estaba mandando su espíritu y alma. Dios da la advertencia, de que no comiera del fruto del árbol del conocimiento del bien y del mal porque el dia que del el comiera ciertamente moriría, al no atender a esta advertencia y tomar del fruto prohibido el hombre desobedece y a esta desobediencia se le llama pecado o la caída de Adán. Y aunque el hombre siguió viviendo una de estas tres partes dejo de funcionar, su espíritu, se corta la relación que había mantenido con el santo Dios, el hombre de esta manera queda separado de Dios, la biblia declara por cuanto todos pecaron están destituidos de la gloria de Dios. ¿ como puede el hombre arreglar las relaciones rotas con Dios? El mismo Dios nos proporciona el medio para volver a esa comunión con El. De tal manera amo Dios al mundo que envió a su único hijo al mundo a morir por los pecadores para que todo aquel que en El crea no se pierda mas tenga la vida eterna. Amable lector si usted ya es un creyente le animo a que siga adelante conociendo mas del bendito salvador, no importa si en este momento se encuentra pasando diﬁcultades El es poderoso para ayudarle a superar cualquiera que sea la diﬁcultad. Y si usted todavía no a recibido a Jesús en su corazón le animo a que lo haga y de esta manera pueda disfrutar de esa salvación tan grande por la cual Jesús ya pago el precio . Haga esta breve

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CHURCH DIRECTORY Iglesia Cristiana Emanuel-Zion 5757 S. 3100 W., Roy, UT 84067 (801) 773-1318 (801) 678-5432 Pastor Adalberto Montoya Domingo: 2:00 p.m. Viernes: 7:00 p.m. Roy Bible Church Kenny Montano, Pastor. 5757 S 3100 W Roy, UT84067. Church- 801- 776-1823 Cell- 801- 920- 5315 kennymontano@gmail.com www.roybiblechurch.org Tabernaculo Biblico Bautista 2519 Jefferson Ave. Ogden, UT 84401 Miercoles 7:00 PM: Estudio Bíblico Domingos 3:00 p.m. Servicio de Adoración Sábados 10:00 a.m. Ganando Almas por las Calles y Tiendas Domingos 7:00 a.m. Oracion por las Necesidades. Viernes 7:00 p.m.

oración Señor Jesús, te recibo como mi salvador creo que eres Dios y que moriste por mi en la crus, reconozco que soy pecador y me arrepiento inscribe mi nombre en el libro de la vida gracias te doy por salvarme. Muchas bendiciones para usted, puede visitarnos a nuestra congregación o escribirnos para proporcionarle mas información de aquellas iglesia que están mas cerca de su zona. Pastor Adalberto Montoya es Pastor de la Iglesia Cristiana Emanuel-Zion en la ciudad de Roy, Utah. Para comunicarse con el ó hacer cualquier comentario por favor escribale directamente a: a_montoya_pastor@yahoo.com. Su Iglesia Cristiana EmanuelZion esta ubicada en el 5757 S. 3100 W., Roy, UT 84067 (801) 773-1318

Giving The Gift Of A Charitable Donation

(NAPSI)-More and more, couples now vow to start their lives together by making a difference in the lives of others. Saying “I do” to a wedding that beneﬁts a charity is easier than you might imagine--and especially timely, as many charities need extra help during a time of economic downturn. By the time many couples get married, they often don’t need an extra toaster but would really appreciate a donation to the charity of their choice. Giving is a great way to start your life together and coming up with a list can provoke some meaningful conversations about values.

Here are five heartwarming ideas you may want to consider: 1. Feed the hungry. If you have unopened food and beverages left over from your wedding, donate them to a nearby food bank or soup kitchen. 2. Share your flowers. After the wedding, drop off your flowers at a hospital or nursing home so others can enjoy them. 3. Buy wedding essentials from companies that donate to charities you support. 4. Donate your bridesmaid dresses to an organization that supplies prom dresses to girls who can’t afford them. 5. Register your wedding.

Ask your guests to donate to a charity they identify with you. You can even suggest a Web site through which they can donate--a sort of customizable wedding charity registry. One site that oﬀers a wedding registry service features charity gift cards guests can order. The site lets brides host a personalized Web page-there are a number of themes from which to choose--which can be used to send information, e-mail invitations and updates. The charity gift cards also make great wedding favors. Learn More For more information, visit www.ccgiftcards.org.

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What is Faith? We would not trust God unless God himself gave us the ability to trust him. Humans have been too corrupted by sin to believe or trust in God on our own strength or wisdom. That is why faith is not a “work” that qualifies us for salvation. We get no credit for meeting the qualification—faith is merely receiving the gift, being thankful for the gift. God gives us the ability to receive his gift, to enjoy his gift. Trustworthy

God has good reason to give us faith, for there is someone completely trustworthy for us to believe in and be saved by. The faith he gives us is rooted in his Son, who became flesh for our salvation. We have good reason to have faith, for we have a Savior who has purchased our salvation for us. He has done all that it takes, once for all, signed, sealed and being delivered. Our faith has a firm foundation: Jesus Christ. Jesus is the author and perfecter of our faith (Hebrews 12:2)—but he does not work alone. Jesus does only what the Father wants, and he works by the Holy Spirit in our hearts. The Holy Spirit teaches us, convicts us, and gives us faith (John 14:26; 15:26; 16:10). Through the word

How does God (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) give us faith? It is usually through the preached word. “Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ” (Romans 10:17). The message is in the written word, the Bible, and it is in the spoken word, whether a sermon at church or a simple testimony of one person to another. The word of the gospel tells us about Jesus, the Word of God, and the Holy Spirit uses this word to enlighten us, and somehow allows us to trust ourselves to this word. This is sometimes called “the witness of the Holy Spirit,” but it is not like a courtroom witness we can ask questions of. CONTINUED ON NEXT ISSUE - SAME PAGE AND COLUMN

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México: Arraigan a 3 integrantes del cártel del Golfo El Juez 4 Federal Penal Especializado arraigó por 40 días a tres presuntos integrantes del cártel del Golfo relacionados con el ataque con granadas a policías municipales de Guadalajara, informó la Procuraduría General de la República (PGR). Se trata de Guillermo Antonio García Izquierdo, Eliel González García y Jaime Pacheci Cerna, quienes están acusados de los ilícitos de delincuencia organizada, contra la salud y violación a la Ley Federal de Armas de Fuego, dentro de la causa penal 130/2009. En un comunicado la dependencia precisó que de acuerdo con las primeras investigaciones, estas personas fueron detenidas el pasado 14 de marzo por elementos de la Dirección de Seguridad Pública de Guadalajara, Jalisco.

Canciller Salvadoreña se Reunirá con Secretaria de Estado de EE.UU. La canciller de El Salvador, Marisol Argueta de Barillas, y la secretaría de Estado de EE.UU., Hillary Clinton, se reunirán hoy en Washington para tratar asuntos relacionados a la preparación de un encuentro de tipo económico, informó una fuente oficial salvadoreña. El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores informó en un comunicado que la funcionaria salvadoreña viajó hoy a Washington para reunirse esta misma tarde con Clinton. El objetivo del encuentro, añade el informe, es para afinar detalles en la organización del encuentro “Caminos para la Prosperidad de las Américas”, que se realizará en San Salvador a finales de abril, aunque aún no se ha informado la fecha precisa. En la reunión de abril participarán los cancilleres de 14 países del continente “que han suscrito un Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) con Estados Unidos”, dice el comunicado.

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Plan Anticrisis es Prioridad Para Funes en El Salvador ❑ El PAC busca dar un bono de $50 a las familias que han perdido remesas, mantener empleos, entre otras medidas RENE SERRANO Cortesia Diario de Hoy Echar a andar el Plan Anticrisis (PAC) para aliviar el bolsillo de las familias salvadoreñas sería la primera medida que ejecutaría Mauricio Funes en sus primeros 100 días de gobierno. A lo anterior se suman otras prioridades, como la integración del sistema sanitario y reforzar las relaciones con los Estados Unidos, según tres integrantes el Equipo de Gobierno del presidente electo. Dentro de las acciones que contempla el PAC está el otorgar un bono de $50 dólares a las familias que han visto reducidas sus remesas. Además, se busca mantener y recuperar los empleos perdidos y otorgar créditos a las pequeñas empresas. En eso coinciden los diputados Gerson Martínez, Hugo

Martínez y Karina Sosa y la ex rectora de la UES, María Isabel Rodríguez, quienes integran el Equipo de Gobierno de Funes. El presidente electo buscaría echar a andar un plan de integrar el sistema sanitario y reforzar los lazos de cooperación y las relaciones con EE.UU., donde residen 2.5 millones de salvadoreños. “Las primeras medidas están orientadas a adecuar el programa de gobierno a lo que Mauricio ha llamado el Plan Anticrisis”, sostuvo Martínez. Recalcó eso debido a que algunas de estas propuestas, incluido el programa “Fábrica de Empleos” que Funes hizo a última hora en su campaña, no estaban contempladas en el plan de gobierno del FMLN, al menos no se daban detalles. Le idea es ver “como amortiguamos los impactos de la crisis, sin que esto embargue los programas del desarrollo”, añadió el diputado, quien dirigió la elaboración del plan de Funes. El programa de gobierno de Funes lanzó lo que Sosa llama “grandes líneas estratégicas” que fueron establecidas con la participación de distintos sectores en las llamadas mesas de

trabajo.

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Para echar a andar estas medidas, Funes y el FMLN buscarán entendimientos, enfatizó Martínez. Primero el presidente electo ha encargado al Equipo de Gobierno la presentación de propuestas en las áreas económica, social, reforma política y relaciones internacionales. Luego las analizará y buscará el consenso con los sectores involucrados, incluyendo al partido ARENA, para luego darlas a conocer. Sosa recalcó que el ejecutar las medidas anticrisis prioritarias, que incluyen la ampliación del programa Red Solidaria al área urbana, entre otras, dependerá en gran medida de cómo se encuentren las arcas del Estado. Por su parte, la ex rectora de

UES, explicó que en los primeros 100 días se sentarían las bases para establecer un sistema único de salud que responda a las demandas de la población, como el acceso y dotación de medicamentos en los hospitales de la red pública y en el Seguro Social. “Se va a trabajar cómo lograr incluyendo todos los sectores: Seguro Social, Ministerio de Salud, de Educación y ONG”, resaltó la doctora Rodríguez. “Estos planes dependerán de como estén las carteras del Estado”, remató la diputada Sosa. Para facilitar la transición del gobierno del Presidente Elías Antonio Saca al de Mauricio Funes, el actual mandatario ha nombrado una comisión de transición integrada por el

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a interrogante inquieta a académicos, diplomáticos y políticos de diferentes latitudes del planeta. Quién se adjudicó la tan esperada victoria: el reformismo encarnado en Mauricio Funes o la maquinaria del partido, controlada por los llamados “duros” por sus aspiraciones socialistas. La pregunta viene y va constantemente por el mundo no por el pasado, por un triunfo consumado en las urnas el domingo pasado, sino por lo que

vendrá. ¿Hacia a dónde apuntará la brújula?, ¿Hacia Brasil o hacia Venezuela?, son las preguntas comunes, fundamentales. Conocedor del devenir de las izquierdas en Latinoamérica y del desarrollo del FMLN, desde la guerra, el intelectual mexicano Jorge Castañeda planteó la inquietud de la siguiente manera: “Hoy, a pesar de la aparente modernidad y moderación de Mauricio Funes - el nuevo presidente -, el poder se halla en manos de (Leonel) Sánchez Cerén y de las fuerzas militantes, castristas y chavistas, del FMLN”. En el artículo de opinión “La ambigüedad de la victoria en El Salvador”, publicado en el periódico El País, de España, Castañeda también destaca que, cualquiera que sea el desenlace del proceso que está por iniciar, la victoria del

FMLN no tiene comparación alguna en la historia de la izquierda latinoamericana. Desde esta perspectiva, el

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¿Hacia a dónde apuntará la brújula?, ¿Hacia Brasil o hacia Venezuela?, son las preguntas comunes, fundamentales.

intelectual sostiene que ante el mundo actual, golpeado por una crisis económica internacional, los gobiernos no tienen más opción que seguir los caminos sensatos y dejar de lado los experimentos que los alejen de socios estratégicos como los Estados Unidos. Además de intelectual, Castañeda fungió como ministro de Relaciones Exteriores

artículo se publican en periódicos como El País, Los Ángeles Times y la revista Newsweek, de los Estados Unidos. EL MISMO BALANCE

Otro de los intelectuales que se plantea las mismas inquietudes acerca del acertijo del FMLN es el periodista Miguel

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with strong roots in the com-

Casa Santiago, echoes that sen-

establish an English-language Literary Salon. Under the direction of Katalina McNulty, who describes herself as an “unrepentant” hippie from Berkeley, the salon assembles each Monday to discuss topics ranging from femiForemost are the renism in the 21st Century to George Orwell tirees, who can have to how manners in the a higher standard of modern world have living in Mexico than changed. “It’s wonderful to have weekly they could in the U.S. readings and the opThen there were the portunity to engage professionals who were in lively discussions,” she explained. sent here by their comThe number of panies or were here on Americans and Canadians relocating to business. Mexico is resulting is peculiar developbecome like family to him, and ments. In Merida, for instance, how he has been able to trans- there are enough newcomers form Casa Santiago into one of to justify an English-language the B&Bs that are consistently lending library -- The Meranked among the favorites on rida English Language Library, the online travel referral service is affectionately known as “MELL,” and is also a member TripAdvisor. The locals have been gra- of the American Library Ascious and surprised by the sociation. “The biggest event influx of Americans settling is our annual chili cook-off,” down in their midst. Eugenia explained Regniald Deneau, Montalvan, editor of the city’s MELL’s administrator. “This is premier cultural magazine, a wonderful place.” Merida city government Unas Letras summed up the sentiment in one word: Wel- cooperates by granting permits to close off streets for this come! Mesoamerica, a foundation fundraising event. Gricus, of

open to anyone, and there are many opportunities to become involved.” For his part, he helped start the Merida Bed & Breakfast Association to help visitors find the perfect accommodations when visiting. Rogers, a movie executive, has become the unofficial spokesman for the American expatriate community in Merida. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, he is quick to point out the distorted image the American media paints of the violence in Mexico. “Although the mainstream media would have you believe that all of Mexico is on the verge of a violent drug-fueled meltdown, the areas affected by those unfortunate problems are far from where we live, and are mostly restricted to those in the drug trade, or those directly combating them,” he said. “To get swept up in any of the problems it seems you’d have to go out of your way to get involved, or to travel into the cities that are afflicted - not likely if you have any common sense.” Gricus expressed the new sentiment of the Americans making their home to Mexico this way: “I never would have thought that to live out the American Dream I’d have to move to Mexico, but there it is!”

Those with young children

who relocated here after a ca-

Mexico. John and Nicole Larson drove from Minnesota to the Yucatan to start new lives with their daughter, a toddler. “We think that the combination of language, culture, people, customs, and traditions here would have an indelible and overwhelmingly positive eﬀect on her,” John Larson said. Although they have not found work with a Mexican company, they are still in the process of settling down. “My wife and I are both self-employed, so while we don’t make as much money as some of our peers, one of our currencies is freedom and the ability to work anywhere,” John Larson explains. “We keep the focus on results with our clients, not where or how the work gets done. Two recurring themes from all the expatriates we meet here are opportunity and reinvention. There is a lot of business opportunity here and many people, on purpose and sometimes by accident, ﬁnd themselves switching careers and working in a new industry.” The Larsen’s are not alone among American’s pursing business opportunities in a more receptive climate. “Merida has welcomed me with open arms, and I could not be happier,” said Vince Gricus,

arrived here and I did what I always wanted to do: open a bed and breakfast.” Describing his experience as “wonderful,” Gricus explains how his neighbors have

DREAM, FROM PG. 1 are also making their way to reer with TWA in St. Louis. “I munity, has gone as far as to timent. “Civic involvement is

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nothing new, but the kinds of Americans who are establishing themselves have changed. “For decades you’ve had three kinds of Americans coming here,” said Ramon Segura, an importer-exporter with decades of experience working with foreign nationals. “Foremost are the retirees, who can have a higher standard of living in Mexico than they could in the U.S. Then there were the professionals who were sent here by their companies or were here on business. And of course, there were those trying to make a clean break from their pasts – usually men escaping alimony, child support, business failures or the country that sent them to Vietnam.” But now there are two other kinds of Americans moving to Mexico: those who are starting or raising families and entrepreneurs seeking greater opportunities. “Top of the list is that the economic benefits of being here allow us both to spend far more time with our son Johnny than we would be allowed if we lived the same style of life back in the New York,” said John Rogers, who moved from New York to Merida. “We would both have to work full time and our child would be raised with home help and daycare. To be able to personally care for him and watch his daily development is a luxury that we fully appreciate, and it seems a more natural and beneficial way to live.” A generation ago, it would have raised eyebrows for a New York couple to decide to have their child be born in Mexico, but with state-of-theart medical facilities, bilingual doctors and communities that are structured to support and encourage families, more foreign couples are realizing that in Mexican cities, such as Merida, families with children are welcomed. “The Mexican people around us here in Merida and the Yucatan peninsula are very family oriented and absolutely love babies,” John Rogers added. It’s not unusual to enter a restaurant and have the waiter eagerly ask to hold the guests’ baby and take him for a tour of the kitchen. “The affection is genuine and heartwarming to watch. Same goes for shopkeepers, the ladies at the local market, casual acquaintances.” The number of new English-speaking mothers is so great that Roberta Graham organized a breastfeeding support group for young mothers. Women from the United States, Canada and Europe socialize as they share their experiences of being new mothers in a community that dotes over babies and children.

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FUNES, DE PAG. 5 Da Silva, de Brasil, de quien resaltó que será una prioridad ministro de Hacienda William Handal, a la titular de Educación Darlyn Meza y al secretario técnico de la Presidencia, Eduardo Ayala. Funes aún no deﬁne al equipo que tendrá a cargo la transición. Se espera que lo haga cuando regrese de su visita al Presidente Luiz Inácio “Lula”

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porque “ese es el mensaje del electorado”, que en gran medida está integrado por familias que reciben remesas desde el norteño país. Añadió que “hay un interés común en elevar las relaciones (con EE.UU.) a un plano de excelencia fundados en los intereses comunes de nuestros pueblos”.

ELECCIONES, DE PAG. 5 dominado por el aparato del y especulaciones, el presidente Ángel Bastenier. Respetado en España por su trayectoria, él se desempeña como subdirector de Relaciones Exteriores del inﬂuyente diario El País. Bastenier coincide con Castañeda y con otros académicos que han externado su opinión al respecto. En un artículo titulado ¿Quién ganó en El Salvador?, también publicado en El País, se pregunta en qué medida Funes, como presidente electo, domina o es

partido, porque de esto dependerá el rumbo del país. A favor de Funes, añade Bastenier, están “sus amigos”, quienes son serán un soporte fundamental. “Y el salvadoreño (Funes) cuenta para respaldar sus decisiones con una especie de fuerza personal de despliegue rápido, llamada los amigos de Funes, entre los que ﬁguran varios empresarios a los que no se sospecha de bolivarianos...” En el centro de los análisis

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