A Voter’s Guide to Hillary Clinton’s Policies in Latin America

[Baobab]

http://www.thenation.com/article/a-voters-guide-to-hillary-clintons-policies-in-latin-america/

Support for coup regimes, militarization and privatization, trade deals that wreak economic havoc—they reveal the failure of Clintonism.

[Hoyt]

1. Like Sanders' desire to let Latin American trade dry up would help.

[Luminous Animal]

2. He has no such desire. Rather he advocates for FAIR trade. He makes this point nearly every time he

talks about trade agreements.

Fair trade is a social movement whose stated goal is to help producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions and to promote sustainability. Members of the movement advocate the payment of higher prices to exporters, as well as improved social and environmental standards. The movement focuses in particular on commodities, or products which are typically exported from developing countries to developed countries, but also consumed in domestic markets (e.g. Brazil, India and Bangladesh) most notably handicrafts, coffee, cocoa, wine,[1] fresh fruit, chocolate, flowers, gold,[2] and 3D printer filament.[3] The movement seeks to promote greater equity in international trading partnerships through dialogue, transparency, and respect. It promotes sustainable development by offering better trading conditions to, and securing the rights of, marginalized producers and workers in developing countries.[4] Fair Trade is grounded in three core beliefs; first, producers have the power to express unity with consumers. Secondly, the world trade practices that currently exist promote the unequal distribution of wealth between nations. Lastly, buying products from producers in developing countries at a fair price is a more efficient way of promoting sustainable development than traditional charity and aid.[5]

[Baobab]

3. Bernie wants their wages to go up, Hillary wants our wages to go down.

(but she refuses to be honest about it, instead working to do it via trade deals that give away our rights to control our own economy to organizations like the WTO so the changes can be blamed on them)

[mooseprime]

4. hmmm, i've concluded it reveals the success of clintoism

i've just been defining it wrong all along

[Ghost Dog]

5. Yes. Thanks. The world is watching

closely now.

[John Poet]

6. Support Right-Wing Military Coups against democratically elected-leftist leaders.

That's Hillary's Latin American policy.

Reagan has risen from the grave.

[Baobab]

8. How did she get like this?

I mean the hidden resentment...or whatever..

[Luminous Animal]

7. Kick.