In Central America, Antonio Saca is first (66%), followed by Oscar Arias (49%), Martín Torrijos (48%), Álvaro Colom (45%), Daniel Ortega (38%), Manuel Zelaya (25%).
A ranking by Consulta Mitofsky compares the approval ratings of 18 presidents of the Americas, led by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with a 70% approval rating, followed by Alvaro Uribe of Colombia (69%), and Felipe Calderón of Mexico (68%).
The vice president of the United States will meet with isthmus leaders during his visit to Costa Rica on March 29 and 30.
The Costa Rican president, Oscar Arias, summoned his counterparts from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. He announced that he will also invite the prime minister of Belize and the winner of next Sunday’s presidential elections in El Salvador.
Months will go by before the concession for its operation is granted. President Saca hopes to send the concession project to Congress by January 18.
There is still no political consensus for the concession or for the shareholder participation that the State should have in the company that will manage the Port.
According to reports from elsalvador.com, the president of the Autonomous Executive Port Commission (CEPA) Albino Roman, said "to be discussing the percentage that the State should have is a lack of vision." He added that "a world class operator is only going to invest if the business is profitable, hence a 51-49% distribution of the shares in favor of the State is not profitable for the investor. With that proportion we will not even get 10% IRR (internal return rate), when Fomilenio is asking for 14%
The withdrawal will begin on december 31st, on the date the UN security council declares and end to its intervention.
According to Proceso Digital, President Antonio Saca said: "With the satisfaction of having answered the call from the international community, and having contributed to the reconstruction of Irak, I have ordered the withdrawal of our 200 personnel to begin in the following days".
The main changes in the code are oral hearings, and the requirement for judges to speed up the process or risk facing a monetary fine.
President Elias Antonio Saca, along with authorities from the Supreme Court presented the new Code of Civil and Commercial Procedure which will come into effect in 2010.
The Legislative Assembly approved the new code last September 18.
Salvadoran president Antonio Saca, the general secretary of Ibero-America, Enrique Iglesias, and the Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet will all speak at the summit's opening.
The meeting of Heads of State and of Government was previously prepared by Foreign ministers, and will approved the following documents: The Declaration of El Salvador, a complementary Action Plan and several releases on specific matters, which will then be submitted for a final decision by the Heads of State and of Government.
The president of El Salvador, Elias Antonio Saca, maintains a 56% popularity rating at less than year from the end of his term.
According a survey by "La Prensa Grafica", Saca "has managed to keep his popularity high, despite growing discontentment by citizens about the country's bad economic situation."
The survey, in which 1,500 persons were interviewed throughout the country, rate the president0s performance at 6 on a scale of 1 to 10.
El Salvador's President, Elías Antonio Saca, confirmed that the summit of Central American presidents will take place in San Salvador on June 27.
"We will be dealing with many themes from the common agenda of Central American countries," said Saca, though he remained vague about which specific topics would be discussed.
He said that at the meeting, the rotating presidency of the System of Central American Integration will be passed to Honduras.
Voters in El Salvador are showing a strong preference for the leftist former rebel Farabundo Martí Liberation Front (FMLN) in next year's general elections, according to a poll by Utec, a private technological university.
The poll shows the FMLN with 48.3 percent of the preferences, while the ruling Arena party rates 29.8 percent.
President Antonio Saca of El Salvador has announced measures that will cost a total of US$65.7 million. The private sector and analysts have welcomed the announcement but are wondering where the money will come from.
A project to recapitalize state banks will cost US15 million. Social housing is to get a US$15 million boost, and state employees are to have a pay rise that will add US$35.7 million to the bill.
President Antonio Saca of El Salvador headed into his last year in office under fire from both sides of the political spectrum.
Luis Membreño, an economist, said the government had lost its way after a "sound approach" in its early years that led to the recovery of economic growth and a much-needed tax reform.
Salvador Sánchez Cerén, vice-presidential candidate of the leftist FMLN party, said some of Saca's social programs were "interesting but insufficient".
President Antonio Saca of El Salvador, under fire over his subsidies policy said he had no intention of changing it now after four years in power. Indeed, he added, he might even increase subsidies.
Several international institutions and national organizations say that Saca's indiscriminate subsidies help the middle classes more than the poor, who are the most in need.
High fuel and food prices have resulted in the government of El Salvador decreeing a "general cutback" of expenditures in all allocations to departments that depend on the Executive. The move will not affect social or public investment.
"We have called a cabinet meeting," said President Antonio Saca. "We are going to talk about austerity measures."
The president said the cutback will be in effect for entities that depend on the Executive Branch, but will not stop spending on social projects or public investments.
The government of El Salvador will maintain subsidies on basic services while implementing an austerity plan to confront the nation's economic crisis, President Elías Antonio Saca said.
In a message to the nation, Saca said he wanted to be frank. "I know the situation is difficult, and there's nothing to indicate that this is going to change in the short term," he said.
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