“Is Weller’s Beach an Ethics Breach?”
Rep. Jerry Weller in Illinois owns several pieces of property in Nicaragua, some of which he’s disclosed to Congress as required by its rules—and some of which he apparently hasn’t.
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El congresista y la hija del dictador
/in Raices/by Frank SmythJerry Weller buscaba reelección en el congreso, cuando anunció que estaba comprometido con Zury Ríos Sosa, una diputada del congreso guatemalteco e hija del conocido dictador, (general) Efraín Ríos Montt.
The Congressman and the Dictator’s Daughter
/in Chicago Reader/by Frank SmythREP. JERRY WELLER WAS running for reelection when he announced that he was engaged to Zury Rios Sosa, an outspoken Guatemalan legislator and daughter of former dictator General Efrain Rios Montt.
The Untouchable Narco-State: Guatemala’s Army defies DEA
/in The Texas Observer/by Frank SmythThe same Guatemalan military intelligence chiefs who were responsible for “engineering” what a U.N. Truth Commission later concluded were “acts of genocide,” were later accused by U.S. officials of trafficking cocaine.
El narco-Estado intocable: Militares guatemaltecos desafían a la DEA
/in The Texas Observer/by Frank SmythAltos jefes de inteligencia están entre los fundadores de un club oscuro que se autonombra “la cofradía,” y que fue la “ingeniería” de tácticos que incluyeron “actos de genocidio” de comunidades mayas.
Who Are the Progressives in Iraq?: The Left, the Right, and the Islamists
/in Foreign Policy in Focus/by Frank SmythOne event in Baghdad went unreported this month, not only by the mainstream media but also by the “alternative” press, even though it implies that U.S. control over Iraq’s political future may already be waning.
Guatemala’s Narco-military
/in IntellectualCapital.com/by Frank SmythNo country so small has ever moved so much cocaine north. Earlier in this decade, about 50 to 75 metric tons of cocaine passed through Guatemala each year, according to the State Department.