Tony Saca calls on George Bush at White House
I think it is probably true that President Tony Saca of El Salvador has met with George W. Bush more times than any other Latin American leader during the past three years. The topics are almost always the same: Bush thanks Saca for being committed to freedom and contributing troops to the coalition in Iraq. Saca seeks assurances that Temporary Protected Status will be extended to prevent 220,000 Salvadorans from being deported. They both speak about their commitments to free trade. Yesterday, November 29, Tony Saca again paid a call on the White House. One additional message in his remarks this visit was a pointed remark about growing "populism" in Latin America threatening constitutional democracies. It was a remark aimed at Hugh Chavez in Venezuela, but was also a shot at the FMLN. You can read the full text of the two presidents' remarks to the press following their meeting or President Saca's answers to questions from the press. (in Spanish). You can al