Thread by @ScottAWolfe

Dear @NormaJTorres @RepRickCrawford, if you were truly respecting sovereignty, you wouldn't have called it the "Accountability...in #ElSalvador Act" and wouldn't be declaring their #Bitcoin embrace a careless gamble. This is next chapter Monroe Doctrine and U.S. hegemony.🧵1/9

https://twitter.com/NormaJTorres/status/1511148634779308037

2/ It's cruelly ironic that the narrative is: "#Bitcoin is destabilizing #ElSalvador". Here's a short summary of the most salient factors that have destabilized El Salvador. U.S. doctrine and policy on Central America have scarcely changed since Reagan.

theatlantic.com/international/…

3/ The "sh*thole" that Trump referred to, when spewing vitriol about #ElSalvador, was created by the U.S. through decades of political & economic intervention. The new "Accountability...in El Salvador Act" is simply a more polite continuation of U.S. policy from Reagan to Trump.

4/ In addition to the indignity of this draft legislation, which simply rebrands Central America from "sh*t" to "poop" in U.S. doctrine, #ElSalvador's govt is currently battling the scourge of U.S. gangs which have terrorized their country for decades.

washingtonpost.com/news/postevery…

5/ A more urgent piece of legislation that should go to the U.S. Congress is the "Accountability for U.S. Destabilization of Central America Act", a bi-partisan effort uniting @TheDemocrats @GOP in a program of reconciliation, and economic & political cooperation with the region.

6/ As an urgent priority, @POTUS @VP @GOPLeader @LeaderMcConnell should be cooperating to muster U.S. resources in support of President @nayibbukele and the @AsambleaSV's efforts to rid #ElSalvador of U.S. gangs (MS-13 & Barrio-18) that have terrorized the country for decades.

7/ These U.S. gangs have stifled the social, political & economic dev'ment of #ElSalvador for far too long. The U.S. should take responsibility, and not make matters worse by interfering in the country's use of #Bitcoin as a tool to re-establish hope & socio-economic development.

8/ As Eduardo Galeano once said, "The walls are the publishers of the poor." By extension, modern platforms like this are the new outlet for histories, stories and voices of the globally disenfranchised. It is time for the U.S. to be on the right side of THIS history.

9/ Retracting the toxic "Accountability...in #ElSalvador Act" would be a good start. Then, forge a new U.S. doctrine for mutual development in the Americas. Some may doubt this possible. I say, unite the fields, the streets, Congress, and the White House: ¡Sí Se Puede!