09 March 2008
Handshakes at Rio Group Summit - The Real News
As an aside - it is frightening to hear the Democratic candidates. The citizens of the US have to wake up or we are going to see a return to a more traditional US imperialism in their "backyard". While they are not Bush or Bush disciples, they still come from a political system dominated by economic interests and a reinvigorated left in the region scares multinational corporations in the US and Canada.
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Even though I do not care much for Uribe, I have to admit the press calling Colombia a 'right wing' government is sorely mistaken. Uribe ran as an Independent for President but prior he was PLC for his entire political career.
Given the tendancy of "left" parties to only pretend to be "left" in name/history and not in practice in many parts of the world, I tend to look more towards actions when giving that label - in particular labour laws/protections in Colombia (non existent, making it one of the most dangerous countries in the world for unionists) and Uribe's strong support for a TLC/FTA with the US, and if I was more qualified to comment I am sure I would find many more issue as well.
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