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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2 comments:

Bosque said...

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.

March 10, 2008 at 9:29 AM
Unknown said...

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.

March 12, 2008 at 9:51 AM

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