Boz has some thoughts on the fallout from corruption allegations against Francisco Flores in El Salvador. You might as well read all four points. The investigation into former ARENA president Flores seems to have been going on for a year or more but has really picked up steam since September. The investigation could be because of campaign season prior to the February 2nd elections (probably) or because of US pressure on the Funes government to crackdown on corruption as a condition of a second Millennium Challenge Corporation Compact. Senator Leahy and others remain disappointed with the slow pace of cleaning up El Salvador's institutions after years of ARENA governance.
Obviously the motivation could be a little or a lot of both. Or it could simply be coincidence - the investigation had been going on for some time and with information from the US, the government went public when it could. Regardless of whether the corruption allegations are true, Funes' public comments have politicized the investigation in El Salvador and might have angered some US government officials for revealing details to the public.
Francisco Flores isn't the only former president in trouble for allegedly taking a little off the top of Taiwanese donations. Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo is in a US jail in part for stealing from Taiwan's multi-million dollar donation to Libraries For Peace. That's right, stealing from school children.
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