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Latin America

bemildred

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6. Thank you.

Reply to Cleita (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 4, 2013, 10:41 AM

Apr 2013

If you read the history of the Western Hemisphere in any detail, it is pretty obvious that what is going on now is part and parcel of what has been going on since 1492.

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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