This is from another board--too busy lately to do my own research ;). Thanks to a poster, also a DU reader, :yourock: we have some interesting information on this woman and who will replace her in Brazilia. (Not good news.)
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The story behind this woman is an intriguing one, and it shows what
happens when a career diplomat gets ground up and spit out by the Bushista
regime.
First, a link about who this woman is, and she is outstanding.
http://www.nd.edu/~kellogg/news/larchive2.html-------------------------------------------------------------
Next, one finds out that she had been the U.S. ambassador in Caracas just a
couple of years ago where she got into a jam because the Bushistas objected
to a speech by Hugo C. at the United Nations one month after Sept. 11, 2001.
She was obviously ordered by the House of Powell to raise hell with Chavez.
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=9369--------------------------------------------------------------
Then we find out that she was yanked out of Caracas and was extremely
pro-Lula when she was sent to Brasilia; so much so that Rightiefundies at
Newsmax called her;
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Our Leftist in Brasilia
Most shocking is the fact that elements in the Bush administration,
including U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Donna Hrinak, is an ardent Lula backer,
Brant reveals.
Brant says that Hrinak's sympathies for Lula's Marxist party are "so
notorious that the running joke in Brasilia was to ask whether she would
show up at Lula's inauguration in a red dress."
(more on)
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/6/3/110714.shtml----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Then we find out that her days are numbered as ambassador to Brazil from a
newspaper in Asuncion, Paraguay:
Hrinak será reemplazada en mayo. Ella asumió su cargo en el 2001 y ya en sus
primeras declaraciones defendió a Lula da Silva, en aquel momento candidato
a presidente, frente a las críticas que llegaban desde su país por su pasado
izquierdista.
(Hrinak will be replaced in May. She assumed the post in 2001 and in her
first statements defended Lula da Silva, at the time a candidate for the
presidency, from critical remarks coming from her own country because of his
(Lulu's) leftist past.)
http://www.abc.com.py/articulos.php?fec=2004-03-08&pid=98216-------------------------------------------------------------
So she is on the way out. A career diplomat who speaks four languages and
has vast experience in Latam.
But wait. Guess who is going to replace her?
For this we have to go to Costa Rica.
Why it's none other than John J. Danilovich, a good ole Bushista longtime
pal. So we get a political appointee replacing a career diplomat in a
critical country that at the moment is not too palsy with the Bushies.
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. The current U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, John J. Danilovich, will be
moving to a much larger country in the Americas. The White House recently
said that it will nominate him to be U.S. ambassador to Brazil. Prior to his
appointment to the Costa Rica position, Danilovich worked in the
international shipping business and lived in London, where he was chairman
of Republicans Abroad for President Bush. He served on the board of
directors of the Panama Canal Commission from 1991-1996 and was chairman of
the transition committee that handled the transfer of the Panama Canal to
the Panamanians. Danilovich has a master's degree in international relations
from the University of Southern California and a bachelor's degree in
political science from Stanford University.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/02/20040209-8.html-----------------------------------------------------------------------
So what do some Costa Ricans think of of him?
Danilovich es de esa escuela diplomática estadounidense que no sólo sospecha
que los latinoamericanos somos tontos, en su caso está convencido de que
nuestro cociente intelectual merece poco respeto. A los pocos días de llegar
al país amenazó veladamente con represalias si seguían adelante procesos
que, a su juicio, perjudicaban a inversionistas estadounidenses. En el caso
de la academia de policía, publicitada por el embajador casi como un
kindergarten, amenazó con llevársela a otro país si el convenio no era
ratificado por el parlamento antes de que finalice al año: "hay otros países
que tienen mucho interés en que la academia esté en su zona.
(Danilovich is from the U.S. diplomatic school that not only suspects that
Latin Americans are stupid; in this case he is convinced that our
intellecutal capacity deserves little respect. A few days after he arrived,
he threatened reprisals if, in his opinion, (legal) measures were carried
out against U.S. investors. In the case of the police academy which was
publicized by the ambassador as a kindergarten, he threatened to take it to
another country if the agreement was not ratified by parliament by year's
end. "There are other countries who are very interested that the academy be
in their area."
http://www.moir.org.co/ALCA/embajador_danilovich_costa_rica.htmFYI the reference to the academy is for the International Law Enforcement
Academy. Some say it is a version of the School of the Americas installed in
Costa Rica. Google ILEA if you want to learn more. (There is even one in New
Mexico).
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The Brazilians are not going to be thrilled to have this gringo Bushista
visiting Itamaraty (the Foreign Ministry in Brasilia). I did not have time
to really look into this background, except to notice that he is a total
Bushista. He is probably a millionaire who contributed to the Bushies and
was rewarded with the Costa Rica ambassadorship.
But with this Bushista going into Brasil, I personally see relations between
the Bushistas and Lula da Silva going downhill.
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