PHOTOS Hillary in El Salvador

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives at El Salvador's International Airport in Comalapa May 31, 2009. Clinton is in El Salvador to attend the swearing in ceremony for President-elect Mauricio Funes

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton laughs as she participates in the "Pathways to prosperity" meeting in San Salvador next to US Deputy Secretary of State for the western hemisphere Thomas Shanon and Guatemalan Vice-Minister of Economy Ruben Morales

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Hillary Clinton poses for a picture with members of the Vital Voices Global Partnership after a round table meeting in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Salvador

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens at the swearing in ceremony for President-elect Mauricio Funes at the International Fair and Convention Centre in San Salvador June 1, 2009.

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New Salvadorean President Mauricio Funes holds his son Gabriel next to his wife Vanda Pignato after his inauguration ceremony in San Salvador on June 1, 2009. Funes, the first leftist president elected in the country in 20 years, has said he wants to establish full diplomatic relations with Cuba, ending El Salvador's status as the last Latin American holdout to normalization with Havana.

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A woman holds a poster of assassinated Monsignor Arnulfo Romero(1917-1980) during the inauguration ceremony of El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes in San Salvador. (Before his inauguration, Funes visited the grave of Archbishop Oscar Romero, whose 1980 assassination was one of the more shocking events in a civil war between a U.S.-backed government and leftist guerrilla fighters backed by Cuba and the Soviet Union).


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A left-wing former television journalist, Mauricio Funes, has been sworn-in as president of El Salvador. President Funes heads the FMLN, the former Marxist rebels who fought a 12-year civil war against US-backed governments until 1992. US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, was a guest at the swearing-in ceremony in San Salvador.

Mr Funes said he was restoring full diplomatic ties with Cuba, after a break of 50 years. Links with Cuba were severed because of the revolution which brought Fidel Castro to power in Havana in 1959. But President Funes, 49, said: "Diplomatic, cultural and trade relations will be established immediately with our sister nation of Cuba." El Salvador had been the only remaining Latin American country without ties with Havana.

Mr Funes, who won the election on 15 March, said that as well as restoring relations with Cuba, El Salvador would remain friendly towards the US. Mrs Clinton said the election of Mr Funes was testament to the strength of democracy in the Americas. The new government replaces the conservative administration of Tony Saca, who was seen as one of the staunchest allies of the US in the region. The right-wing Arena party had won every presidential election since the end of El Salvador's civil war. The conflict ended in a UN-sponsored peace accord after the loss of more than 70,000 lives.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8078133.stm

Doesn't she have some business attire more suitable for meeting foreign dignitaries?

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Hillary and the color is brilliant!

I was about to post how beautiful she looks in that color. And, while I'm at it, thanks Jackeens for the lovely pictures! :hug:

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nice she looks in cornflower blue....

I was also thinking that this job is good for her, in some of those photos she has the glow of the Hillary in pictures of her in college...

I think that she knows what's appropriate to wear. Blue is a good color for her, it brings out her eyes.

;)

Thanks Jackeens. I didn't know we got a Leftist leader in El Salvador..Buenos Suerte a los todos!

What does it say?

Que Mi Sangre Sea La Semilla De Libertad

I know is just basic stuff.

Literally it says, "That my blood should be the seed of liberty." But we don't use the subjunctive tense in English anymore, so we translate it, "let my blood..." or "may my blood ..."

What an inspiration.

She's looking good.

but she also seems to favor the blue as well.

And good for her to be in El Salvador for the inaguration.

The style does not flatter her but it's still an excellent choice of colors.

I love the pics with the children, they look so cute in their traditional costumes.

:D

Clearly this job agrees with her.

unless I am missing something.

What a beautiful familia!

Nice to see San Salvador shift to the left.

;-)

Hopefully the situation in Central America isn't so volatile it gets added to the plate of priorities - it's been more or less off the MSM radar since Iran/Contra.

He's so transparent.

:7

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care to explain?

Thanks, Jackeens. :thumbsup: