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thwap
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posted 26 April 2005 07:41 AM
This BBC story talks about shithead of state Condoleeza Rice's trip to "Brazil, she will then move on to Colombia, Chile, and finally El Salvador."Here's some "funny" stuff: quote:
Ms Rice has called for greater efforts to support the democratic process. She has spoken of a twin challenge in Latin America - bolstering democracy and alleviating poverty. She says the former will help achieve the latter.
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Over the past two decades Latin America has turned to democracy and many governments have followed Washington's formula for economic liberalisation. But still 100m people here live on less than a dollar a day and the region has the most unequal distribution of wealth in the world.
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So, as the secretary of state explains her twin challenge for Latin America, some here prefer to reverse its logic. They say its prosperity and greater equality that will lead to stronger democracy rather than the other way around.
So, it's typical liberal cant. The Secretary of State of the USA, which has done more to destroy democracy in the area, and support death squads, for half a century, is still presented as being sincerely interested in bringing "democracy" to the region. This focus on a moronic conception of "democracy" re: elections ("demonstration elections") and a retrograde capitalist press, is supposed to lead naturally to a surging capitalist economy. If this capitalist model wants to succeed, supposedly it obeys the "Washington Consensus" that Washington-IMF stooges never apply to themselves. Of course, this twin policy of corrupt, cynical politics and impractical, neo-liberal economic theories is doomed to fail. The sad thing is that real democracy would bring economic prosperity to the world. But the whole process would spin out of control of the liberal internationalists and the authoritarians in Washington and Latin America, so it is not to see the light of day.
From: Hamilton | Registered: Feb 2004
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remind
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posted 26 April 2005 10:03 AM
Actually, there is more to this than meets the eye.Yesterday afternoon on Newsworld, just before Politics, and on The Hour, they had news report on about Venezuela and President Chavez. Apparently, he is screaming bloody murder, perhaps literally, about the USA invading his country because he has had recent oil talks with China. And about them trying to kill him. He has stopped USian Venezuelian military personal exchanges. And is concerned about USiamn military build up along the Brazil and Columbia borders. He seems to think that is why Condi is in SA. [ 26 April 2005: Message edited by: remind ]
From: "watching the tide roll away" | Registered: Jun 2004
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