Tense immigration talk dampens Bush's visit

[Guest guest]

Dear list members,

 

The difficulties facing President Bush on a 'good will' tour through

Latin America are the main news from the visits.

 

Best wishes,

 

Thor

 

Tense immigration talk dampens Bush's visit

POSTED: 11:31 p.m. EDT, March 12, 2007

Story Highlights

• NEW: Guatemalan president challenges Bush on immigration policy

• The leaders vowed to bolster fight against drug traffickers, gangs

• 80 percent of Guatemalans live in poverty

• President Bush visits sacred site; priests vow to cleanse air after

his stay

 

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) -- President Bush's message of goodwill

in Latin America ran into a wall in Guatemala on Monday, as his

defense of U.S. immigration law met with disapproval from his hosts.

 

Bush's meetings in Guatemala City with President Oscar Berger, a

conservative leader who has become a strong U.S. ally, were dominated

by trade and the difficult issue of immigration policy.

 

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