Same thing in San Salvador.
They said Don't come back here Yankee, but if I ever do, I will bring more money, because all she wants to do is dance.
https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/4844/"Salvador" by Oliver Stone is an interesting film, and El Salvador has been a complicated place. ( And Universal needs to give Oliver Stone a Green Light and a Budget to make movies for Universal. Stone has a lot of great ideas. )
We are not going to win in Latin America with violence, we need to use education like in Colombia, and food, and trade, etc. Colombia is a great ally now, and Colombia can help as we work on other relationships in Latin America, and Puerto Rico can be diplomatic between the USA and Latin America as well.
We need to invest in the ports in Mexico, and allow the Mexican truck drivers to join the Teamsters Union, etc, and we can import cheap goods from Mexico for the poorest towns in Kentucky, etc, we can send them Northgate Mexican Markets from Anaheim, and the Mexican truck drivers can transport goods to Kentucky. In return Kentucky can sell Bourbon to Latin America, etc, the Tiki Hut Bars on the coasts of Mexico can carry Kentucky Bourbon to serve to their guests.
Youth For Christ can help in Latin America too, and Kiwanis International, and the Catholic Church.
Elvis made a movie in Acapulco, Mexico, and it did a lot for public relations between Mexico and the USA.
You cannot drive out darkness with darkness, only light can do that. And you cannot drive out hate with hate, only love can do that. We need to win El Salvador over with love and kindness, and with good honest trade, and with cooperation. While at the same time we are strong adults, we are not weak children, and we can stop the bad people, and the good law abiding decent people can rule.
Schools, libraries, hospitals, orphanages, etc, can all help in Latin America, as well as in poor parts of the USA, and honest trade and good food can help, etc.
Salute,
Tony V.