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...began to spread rapidly on Roatan after Hurricane Mitch in October 1998, when thousands of mainland Hondurans, left homeless and destitute by the storm, moved to Roatan seeking jobs in the tourism and development boom. Unable to find even the most menial employment because they could only speak Spanish (islanders speak both English and Spanish on Roatan), many turned to prostitution, fueling an already burgeoning rate of infection...
...democracy, which authorities said threatened national security. But this time, it was different. Dai was taken to his local People's Committee, where about 200 murmuring citizens were waiting to denounce him for his crimes against society. One by one, the audience, mostly elderly, came to the microphone to speak - sometimes heatedly. "He has spread half-truths and negative information about Vietnam," one man said accusatorily in footage that was later shown on national television. Another, according to Dai's own account, declared he could no longer control his outrage at the "traitor" and rushed toward Dai shouting...
...Marines here speak of "strategic corporals." In a fight where public perception is so vital the decisions made by young enlisted men don't just affect a particular patrol, or the opinions of Iraqis on a single street. The ripple effect can change the strategic picture of an entire region dramatically. "The complexity of what we're doing is so much greater," Gové said. The key choice is often when to "not act - which is the hardest thing for a Marine to do." One cultural lesson the Marines have learned is that what appears to American eyes...
...duty in Anbar province, Jesse sent his father a short message saying he was O.K. Aureliano never communicated with his son again. At 10 a.m. on April 16, four Marines arrived at his house. When Aureliano asked if they were there about his son, the Marines didn't speak, but after a moment, they explained: Jesse had died in Iraq about seven hours earlier, killed by hostile fire...
...really good kid. He has a really good personality. He speaks a totally different language than what we speak. But when you figure it out, he is funny as hell...