Karen Hughes silence

[realFedUp]

except for this story from the Latin press:

GUATEMALANS UNHAPPY WITH US REFUSAL – PRENSA LATINA, CUBA (DECEMBER 7): Disillusion prevails in Guatemalan circles after a high US official said her government would not concede a Temporary Protection Statute to Guatemalan immigrants. Guatemalan Executive authorities, including President Oscar Berger, saw their hopes vanish at the end of a meeting with US Undersecretary of State for Public and Foreign Affairs Karen Hughes.
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B33CB4289-0299-4743-9412-21124DBA6555%7D

Michael Petrelis

http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2005/12/lesbians-at-state-dept-dinner-karen.html

Speaking of the State Department, last week I wrote about the December 4-6 trip to Central America by the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Karen Hughes. I cracked wise about how she's like a diplomatic and press hurricane when she hits a region to promote the Bush agenda, usually generating much media attention.

Not this trip, at least not yet. Googling Hughes turns up nothing from her travels in the media, and to my real surprise, nothing about the trip, or whatever it is she's been saying to our neighbors to the south, has been posted on her page at the State Department's web site.

This is quite odd, given that she's has only one more day left on her trip before returning to the U.S., and after being in Central America for two days, with corporate bigwigs in her entourage, I'd expect _something_, anything on her trip to hit the newspapers or the State Department site.

Are no American newspapers following her journey? Has she contracted laryngitis and that is why no transcripts of her meetings and speeches have been posted by the State Department site?

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[neuvocat]

1. Why would he be surprised?

The U.S. has engaged in systematic manipulations of the press and the only things we know about the trip so far is that it is an absolute failure. It is so bad that even the State Department is too embarassed to put anything up.

[TomInTib]

2. The silence probably means she ain't going over so good.

After Rice's surreal torture tour to Europe, a failed trip by Bigfoot to Central America would be darned embarrassing for State Dept.

Seeing that her father was the last American Governor in the Canal Zone I imagine that Ms Huge is viewed with just a little suspicion and skepticism.

These guys can't do anything right.

[realFedUp]

3. I keep wondering what else she's doing on these trips....

what's the agenda we aren't hearing about? Is
she carrying drugs or other contraband? Delivering
sacks of money? Spreading viruses?

My mind wanders....

[TomInTib]

7. Me too. I imagine their is a lot of strongarm tactics behind the

scenes.

All those corporate types aren't down there on behalf of the State Dept.
You can take that to the bank.

Did you know that when Poppy froze all banking with Panama (Noriega) that Chase and Morgan Banks had to lease BARNS in New York to stash $100 bills? No shit, I know this first-hand. It was an operation of almost military scope. Wackenhut provided security. Same as they are doing now in Ecuador, Columbia and Guatemala under their new name, DynCorp.

How's about that?

[realFedUp]

8. I put nothing past any of the Bushies....

LeCarre could fill bookshelves with their dealings...

[RaleighNCDUer]

4. Lack of success = they aren't taking our bribes and they don't

believe our threats.

We are officially a paper tiger, now.

[Kolesar]

5. China is Latin America's growing business partner

China is a huge customer for their natural resources. See ya' Sam!

[SkiGuy]

6. Sent link to my Guatemalan coworkers

Let's see what they make of this

[realFedUp]

9. bueno.

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