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bvar22

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3. And yet, the Repressive Right Wing Government of Colombia...
Mon May 20, 2013, 03:38 PM
May 2013

...continues to bask in the approval of the United States,
with copious amounts Foreign Aid,
and NOW holds a Brand New "Free Trade" agreement,
thanks to the Obama Administration.

Meanwhile, the true Democracies of Latin America get nothing but Demonization & Condemnation from the leadership of BOTH Parties.

You would think that a country like the USA that pays so much Lip Service to words like "Democracy", Human Rights" and "Freedom" would be more supportive of the real thing.


Colombia is one of the last remaining Right Wing Death Squad Colonies left in South America. The continued support for Colombia chases the emerging Consumer Class markets across Latin America straight into the hands of Russia and China.

The Populist Reforms sweeping across Latin America, largely condemned or unreported in the USA, gives me hope for the World.

VIVA Democracy!
I hope we get some here soon!

Meanwhile, here at home:
Corporate Profits Hit Record High While Worker Wages Hit Record Low
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/12/03/1270541/corporate-profits-wages-record/?mobile=nc

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