Latin Americans deem WikiLeaks ‘gringos’ opinions

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Financial Times

Latin Americans deem WikiLeaks ‘gringos’ opinions
By John Paul Rathbone

Published: December 1 2010 19:15 | Last updated: December 1 2010 19:15

It is no secret that Latin American solidarity is more often honoured in the breach than in observance. Scratch the façade, though, and sometimes divisions can run deep, even between purported allies.

Thus former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner was a “psychopath” and a “monster”, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez “has no friends”, Bolivia’s Evo Morales is “not an easy person” to deal with – and that’s just the Latin American view, as reported by US diplomats in the cache of cables released by WikiLeaks.

None of this gossipy backstabbing is new to anyone familiar with the region, although the breach of public protocol is unprecedented. After all, the description of Mr Kirchner - since denied - comes from a former chief of staff of his widowed wife, Cristina Fernández, the current Argentine president; Mr Chávez’s loneliness is spelt out by a former lover; while Mr Morales’ truculence is described by the Kirchners.

Peruvian president Alan García, who has a famously sharp tongue, has already dismissed the Wikileak cables as only “gringos’” opinions and therefore, while embarrassing, “totally irrelevant”.


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[Evoman]

1. B.bbbbuutttt lives are at stake! We're all in danger!! Waterboard wikileaks!

[dipsydoodle]

2. ‘gringos’ opinions

Totally irrelavent. How sweet keeping it so simple whilst accurate.

[Evoman]

3. Not only that, but us South American's have known about this shit for years.

After backing a dictator that helped "disappear" your family, having the states call your leader a monster is actually refreshing.

[dipsydoodle]

4. Well in that case

all I can say is :hi: to you and thanks for your input.:thumbsup:

[Judi Lynn]

5. Truly! Same sentiment for many of us who were kept in the dark. Thanks, Evoman.

:hi: :hi: :hi: :hi:

[AlphaCentauri]

11. At least we know a fact for sure

that those leaders are not part of the global corruption that wikileaks is exposing.

[EFerrari]

6. It's interesting to me that the FT tries to make all this unimportant

AND embarrassing for LatAm at the same time!

That's some spin job!

[Peace Patriot]

7. Yeah, I noticed spun spin, too--esp. making light of "Latin American solidarity"...

...which has been such barbed wire up their Wall Street arses!

:rofl:

[Judi Lynn]

8. World's most respected experts on Latin America, as they see it!

World's most respected experts on Latin America, as they see it!

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk.nyud.net:8090/upl/birmpost/jun2010/8/5/image-5-for-bdo-transitions-event-at-the-icc-gallery-78380390.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com.nyud.net:8090/_FqFDV-L66EI/Sczcy4aX0yI/AAAAAAAATos/0VGedaCf3fY/s400/haughty1.jpg
Maybe they're fixated on the Malvinas.

[EFerrari]

9. LOL

These are the same guys that accused Chavez of stealing an oil rig and forever after, I see him mounted on one with a saddle, looking for parking in Caracas. :rofl:

[Judi Lynn]

12. They stand 100% behind our right-wing view of Latin America, just as they did with Iraq.

I always thought they were far more intelligent than that.

That view of Chavez and his hot oil rig is a good one.



Beep.

[PufPuf23]

10. President Garcia of Peru recently offered USA military basing

and compared Peru to Colombia in USA support.