U.S. offers C. America 200 mln dollars for fight against drug trafficking

[Judi Lynn]

U.S. offers C. America 200 mln dollars for fight against drug trafficking
14:48, February 10, 2011

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Brownfield on Wednesday offered 200 million U.S. dollars to Central American countries for the fight against drug trafficking.

Brownfield told reporters that the money will be for the seven countries of Central America -- Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

On Wednesday he met with Honduran Security Minister Oscar Alvarez and also went to the Amarateca Valley to visit the Eagle Nest facilities where U.S. staff train Honduran police officers.

Brownfield will stay in Honduras till Thursday to discuss cooperation efforts aimed to improve the safety of the people, the combat against organized crime and the strengthening of the state of law.

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[rabs]

1. So, Brownfield has been promoted

to Asst. Secretary of State, after royally screwing things up with the seven bases fiasco in Colombia.

Murphy's Law seems to be working just fine with Hil and friends.

[Judi Lynn]

2. I nearly passed out when I saw his new position! Incredible.

It wasn't all that long ago, either, before his magical mystery tour of Colombia, that he butted into a Venezuelan little league baseball game, and started handing out, in a show of his magnamity, lotsa baseball equipment to the kids, and the parents started shouting at him to leave, and someone headed to a small grocery store, grabbed eggs, etc. and they chased him back to his limousine, where he tore out, headed for the embassy, with men and women on motorcycles chasing him, throwing their eggs, etc. at his car.

He will be memorialized through photos like this one someone inside that limo took from the back window:

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com.nyud.net:8090/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060407/060407_brownfield_hmed_6p.hmedium.jpg
Sniff, sniff, kinda reminds you of those photos taken in Caracas of the crowds greeting Vice President Richard Nixon's trip there in 1958.

So now Brownfield has clawed his way to the Asst. Sec. of State. It's such a proud moment in U.S. history. Or maybe not.