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bemildred

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3. It is probably fallacious to suggest it is for some particular reason.

Thu Apr 4, 2013, 11:05 AM

Apr 2013

People don't like you, they call you names. It's not because of anything in particular you did, it's because they don't like you. Different people will not like you and call you names for different reasons, and Ms Fernández de Kirchner has many enemies.

Edit: If you just want to know why the US is unhappy with her, that's pretty obvious, she asserted Argentine economic sovereignty. In the US view, these countries ought to accept their subordinate role in our economic arrangements, mercantilism is good for all. Exploitive removal of their natural resources is for the common good. Countries that assert true sovereignty are punished, and Uncle Sugar is quite persistent about it too. Haiti, Cuba, and Venezuela are all on the shit list for essentially the same thing. Haiti has been on the shit list for 200 years.

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What did Cristina Fernández de Kirchner do to earn the nickname [View all] Paul E Ester Apr 2013 OP

I think it's because she's a woman. Cleita Apr 2013 #1

My question is not so much about the term, but what she did to become a perceived enemy of the US. Paul E Ester Apr 2013 #2

I am not so sure she is a perceived enemy of the US ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #4

I agree, at least she is not high on the enemies list. bemildred Apr 2013 #7

It is probably fallacious to suggest it is for some particular reason. bemildred Apr 2013 #3

You are so right about this. The leaders of any nation down there that start serving the Cleita Apr 2013 #5

Thank you. bemildred Apr 2013 #6

What history I got was distorted in favor of the USA, but since Cleita Apr 2013 #8

Yeah, you have to read outside the Western/English box. bemildred Apr 2013 #9

She aligned with the Global South. roody Apr 2013 #10

Exactly! And she has absolutely been treated as an "enemy" by the Bush Junta, Peace Patriot Apr 2013 #12

Thanks for refreshing our awareness of what her husband who died suddenly did to rescue Argentina. Judi Lynn Apr 2013 #13

judge for yourself: reorg Apr 2013 #11