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Cleita

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34. It's always been about the multinational corporations exploiting So. American countries

Reply to HooptieWagon (Reply #28)

Fri Jul 12, 2013, 11:21 PM

Jul 2013

with our blessings. I'm happy to see it over.

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So funny...I said that the Cono Sur would pull ambassadors [View all] nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 OP

The ones we were claiming to protect... Half-Century Man Jul 2013 #1

Yup nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #3

Hope we see an end to the Monroe Doctrine soon. Cleita Jul 2013 #2

Part of the problem is that kids in the Americas nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #4

Not only that, I heard Latin America referred to as the USA's backyard AGAIN today Cleita Jul 2013 #13

The ghost of hurst most be reporting nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #15

Conasur? .... Do you mean Mercosur? struggle4progress Jul 2013 #5

I'm sure you're on the "iggy" list with me... tammywammy Jul 2013 #25

LOL Cali_Democrat Jul 2013 #43

could be. *sigh* struggle4progress Jul 2013 #56

"Formation of blocks to indeed isolate the US." aquart Jul 2013 #6

Not a wish, reality intruding nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #7

No it's a horrible tragedy. One done to us by our leaders. Half-Century Man Jul 2013 #8

We have a democracy, but whole areas of this nation run no primaries. aquart Jul 2013 #11

This is true, many incumbents run virtually unopposed by either their own party or the Cleita Jul 2013 #16

No, I was talking about how the American sugar, coffee, rubber, and transportation industries Half-Century Man Jul 2013 #21

+100 Cleita Jul 2013 #55

What ails the US can't be fixed by elections nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #22

"Is it unusual for people with boot marks on their necks to have anger issues?" Aerows Jul 2013 #79

Fun fact: America is not the world Spider Jerusalem Jul 2013 #80

And Latin America is going to align itself with Russia and China. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #9

It was a matter of time nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #10

I think Obama could have locked up LA as allies/partners. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #14

Of course he could have, but that doesn't fit his master's plans at all. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #68

I don't think its a model that can sustain itself. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #69

Maybe you didn't notice the oil contracts Venezuela wrote to send oil to China during BushCo. aquart Jul 2013 #12

A little more fact less information, and character assassination nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #18

No. But state secrecy is common to all nations. aquart Jul 2013 #26

Us pointing out the house is on fire is fanning the flames? Half-Century Man Jul 2013 #30

Wrong analogy. aquart Jul 2013 #85

And your point? So you think our government should trash the Fourth? nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #31

And forcing down a head of state's plane will win their hearts and minds? HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #20

Now that was A+ stupid. No quarrel there. aquart Jul 2013 #29

Obama doesn't run any of South or Central America, the problem is he forgot that. Half-Century Man Jul 2013 #27

Of course they'll align with Russia and China. They're farther away. aquart Jul 2013 #17

Well, we can start by not thinking of Latin America as our back yard nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #24

So, it's their private business and we should keep out of it? aquart Jul 2013 #32

Ah yes, neo colonial thought right there nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #33

More than you, I think. aquart Jul 2013 #37

No, you see them as colonies... nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #40

My interest... dtom67 Jul 2013 #46

Actually that's been happening since Nixon. The Soviets started moving in where they Cleita Jul 2013 #19

Earlier, but yes nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #23

Soviet influenced lessened when USSR collapsed. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #28

It's always been about the multinational corporations exploiting So. American countries Cleita Jul 2013 #34

Over? Riiiight. Over. aquart Jul 2013 #36

Start with anything Noam Chomsky has written about South America. Cleita Jul 2013 #38

Nuh nuh. I didn't ask him for proof. aquart Jul 2013 #41

Hope your Spanish is good nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #45

That would be a whole college quarter in Latin American studies you ask me to do in one post. Cleita Jul 2013 #47

The countries signing trade agreements with China.... HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #49

They may have more in common with China than the US. aquart Jul 2013 #52

You might be surprised. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #57

Absolutely. nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #59

Growing more than ours. aquart Jul 2013 #60

It could be a non zero sum game nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #61

Good friend of mine married an Argentine woman. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #63

And why s that? nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #58

Obama was there when the USSR collapsed? aquart Jul 2013 #35

I'll answer that...yes. Cleita Jul 2013 #39

So you would hand our sovereignty to other countries? aquart Jul 2013 #44

LMAO...read into te TPP, we are. nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #48

As a start, we need to start treating them as partners and equals. We need to stop interfering in Cleita Jul 2013 #50

Look at Japan. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #53

Question, How does recognizing their sovereignty surrender ours? Half-Century Man Jul 2013 #65

It was a strawman. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #67

How does this differ from other countries ceding their sovereignty to the US? Spider Jerusalem Jul 2013 #81

The subtext of the fears is amazing nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #83

What is wrong with the idea of treating other nations iemitsu Jul 2013 #42

I would LOVE to see our minimum wage in Latin America. aquart Jul 2013 #51

You will have to get the American Fruit company out nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #54

You are right Nadin, any lack of economic or soicial development in iemitsu Jul 2013 #71

The lack of knowledge is by design nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #73

Well, yes, it is by design. iemitsu Jul 2013 #84

You've got it all wrong. reusrename Jul 2013 #62

That whole thread is not just funny nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #64

WTF is conasur?... SidDithers Jul 2013 #66

Mercosur reusrename Jul 2013 #70

Southern Cone: bemildred Jul 2013 #82

Not knowing what "conasur" is, I googled it with no success other than a couple of bike man Jul 2013 #72

The treatment of the Bolivian President may be the last straw malaise Jul 2013 #74

My tv broke...so been listening, instead of reading, to BBC nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #75

Americans should watch Canadian news at least once a day malaise Jul 2013 #77

Yup, but Mexico is sharing that border nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #78

Wow. aquart Jul 2013 #86

Given the history of the last 200 years nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #87

Yawn. More predictions by the Windmill Prophet. nt Codeine Jul 2013 #76