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Headlines : InternationalMorales' Bolivia added to the 'Axis of Good'
And so the pendulum continues its leftward swing in South America. Bolivia’s new leader Evo Morales has already been talking up bartering trade deals (diesel fuel for agricultural products) with Venezuela, in a move that might move on to better things and “change Latin America”.
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez couldn’t be happier. He’s referred to the three leftist leaders (Morales, Fidel Castro and Chavez) as an “axis of good”, a play on US president Bush’s reference to North Korea, Iran and prewar Iraq as an “axis of evil.”
[Posted By faelnarr]Republished from SFGate
(01-03) 20:26 PST CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) —
President Hugo Chavez offered Bolivia’s president-elect diesel fuel, trade benefits and help in financing his social reforms as the two leftists cemented ties, reasserting their opposition to U.S. policy in Latin America.
Fresh from a visit with Cuba’s Fidel Castro, Evo Morales said in Caracas at the start of a seven-nation world tour that he and the Venezuelan leader were uniting in a “fight against neoliberalism and imperialism.”
Morales’ next stops are Spain, France, Belgium, South Africa, China and Brazil — but not Washington. Morales’ spokesman says he was not invited to Washington, where officials have expressed concern of the growing alliance between Morales, Chavez and Castro.
The Venezuelan leader received him with full military honors as well as hugs and smiles. Crowds of leftist, pro-government supporters cheered as Morales and Chavez arrived at the National Pantheon in downtown Caracas, then headed to a private meeting at Miraflores Palace.
Morales, who takes office as Bolivia’s first Indian president on Jan. 22, predicted more leftist leaders would come to power in the region Tuesday in Caracas.
“The time of the people has arrived. This is the new millenium of the people,” he said before leaving later that evening for…
Posted by faelnarr
Money and barter are no longer the only two alternatives. Capitalism can give way to a Quantum Bookkeeping and New Economy. There may be no longer any monetary ways to make restitution between the compassionate conservatives, the really successful psychopaths, the Koreans, the Zapatistas, et.al., except that their stories can be linked. Everyone wins and things will start looking after themselves.
Dangerous, this is dangerous. But its a good kind of dangerous. Its upsetting to see Chavez and Morales align themselves with Fidel Castro, however. I know too many cuban refugees (im in florida) to think that Castro communism is progress. Not to mention that acting with the goal of enflaming the temper of the U.S.A. is not a wise political strategy when we are a nation run by warlords.
Its about time that the nations of South America began to run their own affairs free from American interference. America has and still pours too much money into securing Washingtons own consensus.
Why is Cuba still under embargo? Why does America still pressurise S.American states into accepting N.American preferential trade tariffs. For too long democracy and peoples rule has been stiffled in that area, and by the so-called purveyor of democracy itself. America proudly displays its non-democratic credentials, need we mention where?
Just remember, Cuba was a colony for the mob and a resource plantation for the Americans before Castro came. Like other Carribean and Central American states, it had been invaded before. The extreme measures Castro took can be directly traced to the extreme measures Cuba faced. Cuba would not be a police state if the USGov just left it alone. But if Cuba were not a police state, it would have been re-colonized rapidly, going back to the Batista days.
It’s the same old story for every nation that has faced imperialism head on.
Why is Cuba still under embargo?
‘cos it refused to suck shogo’s cock
next question?
Butt, you are such an elegant man.
Anyone interested in pursuing jimekus’s line of thinking might want to take a look at The Iranian Threat: The Bomb or the Euro? – in case you were thinking that the problem was, yet again, really about Weapons of Mass Destruction. I believe there was some talk of enabling trade with barter. Here’s another piece along the same line if you don’t like the tone of the first or prefer to have two sources – The Real Reasons Why Iran Is the Next Target
I don’t think “Everyone Wins” is exactly the correct way to put it.
Bolivia is in deeper doodoo than North Korea. In terms of feeding it’s folks. Hugo has insisted that Bolivia accept a big fat loan from Venezuela and is requiring repayment in agricultural products. Hugo has already accepted beef from Argentina as a form of repayment. I’d say it’s a fair guess we have a Latin American bourse on the way.