Reply #16: Here's What They Said on Zmag [View All]

[NashVegas]

As progressives in the United States are riding a wave of excitement about Democratic hopeful Barack Obama and his promise of change, the people of Latin America have much less to be excited about. In fact, given some of his recent comments, Latin America might expect an even more aggressive policy from Barack Obama than what they saw under the Bush administration.

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In fact, if the comments of his senior foreign policy advisor Samantha Power are any indication, it's not a hopeful picture. Power, a strong supporter of the 1999 US bombing of Serbia, referred to Chavez's domestic policies as "very problematic" in a recent interview, and implied that Obama would be looking for a change in Venezuelan policies.


"If...Chavez continues to deviate from what Obama thinks are international norms that should be adhered to domestically, then that's a problem," said Power. <8>

Power went on to say that the Obama administration would focus on "what Chavez does badly from the standpoint of the Venezuelan people." This begs the obvious question: isn't it the job of the Venezuelan people to decide that?
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He has called for the creation of a new "alliance for progress," alluding to the original John F. Kennedy policy to thwart social revolution in Latin America and safeguard US interests and dominance. And despite his occasional criticisms of NAFTA (recently revealed as merely "political positioning"), Obama has also suggested that there will be little change in Washington's push for free trade, a doctrine that has been widely rejected by most Latin American nations.

http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/16946

I hope liberals will wake up and realize that corporations are happy with Obama because they expect him to get out in front of liberal causes and subvert them to areas more to Wall. St's liking.