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Posted By AnteUp 1 year, 5 months ago in NewsParaguay has become the latest Latin American country to throw out a rightwing president.... of current and past history of our neighbors and how the USA has conducted foreign relations........
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AnteUp1 year, 5 months ago
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Wow - this is such an interesting piece - I hate to post it
on a holiday weekend when we should be goofing off - not
visiting Prop - but it is SO timely. Again - never heard
this stuff on cable news. Hope we can all take something
away from this article - comment a little - learn a lot -
and STILL have a great holiday weekend!
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hyperbola1 year, 5 months ago
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The sort of thing that is completely ignored in the US corporate media - another example of the fact that Americans need to read foreign news sources if they want to know what is really going on in the world.
For example, how many Americans know that US businesses are highly involved in fomenting unrest in Bolivia? I fear that Paraguay will experience the same meddling.
The Rise of Food Fascism: Allied to Global Agribusiness, Agrarian Elite Foments Coup in Bolivia
...Some argue that that we are witnessing the rise of "petro-fascism" as multinational corporations and nation states struggle for control of the life-blood of the global economy. (13) Now with the efforts of the multinational agribusiness corporations and the agrarian bourgeoisies to control the very sustenance of human life we may be facing an even more violent period of repression, conflict and upheaval.
http://boliviarising.blogspot.com/2008/06/rise-...
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AnteUp1 year, 5 months ago
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miklkit ~
Uh huh - along with Rev.Sun Myung Moon - remember? They
have adjacent properties down there.
Another thing - Fernando Lugo was elected in April but
the article says that he will not assume the office until
August. That seems like a long time - hope he makes it.
It should be interesting to see if he can make a success
out of governing FOR the majority of the populace. What
a novel idea!
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AnteUp1 year, 5 months ago
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jordan11 ~
Though it concerns El Salvador, not South America, I
would think the life - and death - of Archbishop Romero
would be instructive.
Why, in the fight against social injustice, does the
United States, all too often, choose the side of the
wealthy elites against the masses of people they oppress
and subjugate?
Some are mourning the passing of Jesse Helms? He liked
nothing better than luncheon (here in the USA!) with
Roberto D'Aubuisson also known as "Blowtorch Bob," or simply
"The Blowtorch," for his alleged preference in using a
blowtorch to torture political prisoners. When asked about
the death squads and Roberto's actions, Helms replied,
"All I know, is that D'Aubuisson is a free enterprise man
and deeply religious." Oh yeah.................
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Radiofreeeuropa1 year, 5 months ago
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The U.S. has pretty much turned it's back on S.A. in recent times in general. For the most part U.S. government actions in S.A. have been nefarious. Yet I can tell you first hand that South Americans are remarkably gracious to those from the U.S. (Understanding that government, especially shadowy types are not representative of the actual people who live there). In most of S.A., the gap between the haves and the have nots is titanic. (This is perhaps the model recent leaders in the U.S. have been using). I spent a good deal of time in the Andean countries and know more about them than the others but I assume there are a good deal of commonalities. Best wishes to Paraguay and may they achieve the social justice they richly deserve.
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AnteUp1 year, 5 months ago
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Radiofreeeuropa ~
You have some history in the region - good. Wouldn't a
good neighbor policy serve the interests of the US?
Wouldn't the US benefit if there were prosperity for the
majority of the people - rather than the few extraordinarily
wealthy? Why wouldn't increased productivity and political
stability in such a geographically close neighbor be
good for ALL of us? That is completely setting aside the
other concern of what might be the moral, or right, thing
to do. Call me naive?
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Harbeas1 year, 5 months ago
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When will this country stop interfering in the internal affairs of other countries? Let countries choose their form of government. If it's not like ours so be it. Who appointed us as the flagship for government? If we are asked we will help, otherwise butt out.
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