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Cleita

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26. The outsiders are who back up his domestic enemies. We have been doing it for some time.

Fri Jul 5, 2013, 10:32 AM

Jul 2013

Even an article in the NYTimes yesterday mentioned the fact that the US had a history of backing up coups in South America.

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Evo Morales threatens to close US embassy in Bolivia as leaders weigh in [View all] cali Jul 2013 OP

Well, he threw the ambassador out a while back, so what else is new? MADem Jul 2013 #1

countries like Argentina and Venezuela and Ecuador are firmly on his side cali Jul 2013 #2

Of course they are--they're all good friends, and they back one another up, even when they MADem Jul 2013 #5

That criticism is deserved over restrictions on the press cali Jul 2013 #7

You fired up the issue of relationships in post two, and now you're crabbing that I expounded on it? MADem Jul 2013 #13

oh ffs cali Jul 2013 #18

You're wasting your time. That poster is a top defender of US policies in the LatAm forums n/t Catherina Jul 2013 #21

Do you not grasp at all that US trade policies with these countries in recent years have been MADem Jul 2013 #23

AND GOOD FOR HIM. The Press he RESTRUCTURED was owned by the 1% Catherina Jul 2013 #16

You're serious!!! MADem Jul 2013 #17

Yes indeed I am and bullshit to your bullshit backed up by NYT bullshit Catherina Jul 2013 #20

Whatever--tell the elephant in the room to stand in the corner and try to not poop too much. nt MADem Jul 2013 #22

It's not as if that was necessarily unfounded or a bad idea on Morales' part. dballance Jul 2013 #3

I do believe it and I wish you'd post an OP about it cali Jul 2013 #4

Again, he can do what he wants, but he might not like the aftermath.... nt MADem Jul 2013 #6

yes, because we're the big bad boss.... of everyone. cali Jul 2013 #8

Don't be absurd. MADem Jul 2013 #10

sorry, but the history of the U.S. in South America doesn't suddenly cali Jul 2013 #11

No one is talking about "erasing history" so I don't know why you're even going there. MADem Jul 2013 #14

no, you're just ignoring it entirely. cali Jul 2013 #19

No point in having any relationship at all, then--because, according to you, USA must be perpetually MADem Jul 2013 #24

Closing the embassy is something Morales has been itching to so. He does not trust Cleita Jul 2013 #9

Why doesn't he just do it? n/t ProSense Jul 2013 #15

He probably will unless Kerry smooths this over. n/t Cleita Jul 2013 #27

He has more to worry about from his own fractured population than from any outside actors. nt MADem Jul 2013 #25

The outsiders are who back up his domestic enemies. We have been doing it for some time. Cleita Jul 2013 #26

And we also had a history of slavery. MADem Jul 2013 #29

This is not the past. We have a policy of doing this to the present day when we Cleita Jul 2013 #30

There's not much of a downside. The Ambassador was kicked out, as was USAID. Several years bike man Jul 2013 #12

I think we have stopped sending them aid. I read something about it yesterday Cleita Jul 2013 #28

It would be great to have a link, because according to this we appropriated almost $29m in 2012. Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #31

It was wikipedia. You need a link for that? Cleita Jul 2013 #32

You didn't say where you got your "information" in the other post. Why request aid if you don't.... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #33

I take it you've never been to Bolivia. It's hardly a hell hole. It's just a poor Cleita Jul 2013 #36

My statement stands. Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #39

lol $22 million cali Jul 2013 #34

Yes, Morales is so going to miss that change we are throwing at him. Cleita Jul 2013 #37

And that $22 million can feed the kids we're kicking off of SNAP, and maybe keep a couple of.... Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #38

Suspend ALL foreign aid to all of them, everywhere, every bit of it. Even the bike man Jul 2013 #42

Suspend foreign aid not just to Bolivia, but everyone, all of them, everywhere. The bike man Jul 2013 #40

I'm all for keeping our aid domestic. Foreign aid is just bribery anyway. Cleita Jul 2013 #41

Morales is doing what many Latin American leaders do> spout off against the US as often as possible KittyWampus Jul 2013 #35