Ah, don Abel: Words from a Highly Quotable Head of State
“Next Tuesday, we will begin the fourth and final year of this administration. Thank God.”
–President Abel Pacheco,
following a Cabinet
meeting in May.
“Let them keep pulling their hair out.”
-In January, regarding worried supporters
of the Central American Free-Trade
Agreement (CAFTA) who urged him to
submit the pact to the assembly.
“(Without a new sewer project) we will soon be drinking water contaminated with crap, to be exact.”
-In February, on the Water and Sewer
Institute’s plans for
improvement.
“They gave me every possible test. I think the only one I’m missing is the papanicolau (pap smear)… I’m a very good patient. All these years of marriage have made me very obedient.”
-Following a brief hospitalization
in February because of
chest pains.
“My position has not changed. It’s not that I’m for or against CAFTA… I’m in favor of a good free-trade agreement, and against a bad free-trade agreement.”
-Clarifying matters for reporters
in May.
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