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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
Other than this being for President Bush, how is this any different from any other time a World Leader visits anyplace? If the Pope goes to Guatamala (or anywhere else), isn't there tight security with streets shut down, etc.? If Chavez or Castro visited, wouldn't there be similar distruptions and inconveniences?
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The Pope was here 2 times and never, ever was such a security operative like this, there were no streets blockages, he air space was not restricted, and specially, the Vatican Police didin't come to tell us what we could and couldn't do. As i said before, when Clinton came back in the 90's, it was nothing like this. I'm working from home today because my office building is next to the hotel qhere Bush spent the night, no parking in the building is allowed for anyone that does not own or rent a parking space and in order to enter the parking lot, you and your car are searched "by secret service agents". I know that whenever a president from other country comes to Guatemala, there are some things that have to be done in order to guarantee the security of our visitors, but what pisses me of, is that is the secret service -a police that in theory has nothing to do with Guatemala and should have no power here- is giving orders and taking over institutions (the airport for one) like if this was a US colony although, deep inside, we all know that that is what we are, and that's the reason why our Police, Army, and sovereignty has been handed over to the SS so easily.