Russia, Argentina tout world without US domination

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Internatonal Herald Tribune/Associated Press

Russia, Argentina tout world without US domination

The Associated Press
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
MOSCOW: The presidents of Russia and Argentina called for a world not dominated by the United States as the two countries signed deals Wednesday to cooperate in energy, agriculture and science and other areas.

The agreements dealing with nuclear and conventional power, scientific research and food exports underlined Russia's growing interest in developing relations with Latin America. They come shortly after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made a high-profile trip to the region.

"The domination of one state, even the biggest, most powerful or most successful one, is unacceptable in any case," Medvedev said.

After the signing, Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez expanded on the theme, complaining how "powerful states" had forced economic and security policies onto others.

"We see the results of such policy — the whole planet is paying for it," she said.

Medvedev and Fernandez witnessed the signings and issued a joint statement in which they "expressed support for the multilateral approach ... in the search for peaceful resolution of intergovernmental conflicts and the new problems of forming a multipolar world," a phrase implying opposition to the United States' perceived dominance of world affairs.

Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/10/europe/EU-Russia-Argentina.php

[Judi Lynn]

1. Argentina Congress Extends President's Emergency Powers Law

Argentina Congress Extends President's Emergency Powers Law
12-10-081728ET

BUENOS AIRES -(Dow Jones)- The Argentine Senate approved Wednesday another one-year extension of a repeatedly extended emergency law that gives the president wide-ranging unilateral powers in various economic matters.

President Cristina Fernandez will again be granted the emergency powers enjoyed by the former president, her husband Nestor Kirchner throughout his term.

As a senator in 2002, Fernandez opposed the law when it was first drafted in favor of then-president Eduardo Duhalde. She abstained from voting on it when it came up for annual renewal throughout her husband's administration, which began in 2003.

The emergency powers law, which was originally designed to contend with the financial crisis of 2002, affords the executive branch powers to rule by decree in various economic, foreign exchange, industrial and labor policy areas.It also grants the executive the power to renegotiate public service contracts with utilities without seeking congressional approval for the individual contracts and to renegotiate defaulted debt in the same way.

The emergency powers law has been extended seven times since 2002, despite a five-year recovery in which the Argentine economy has averaged growth in excess of 8.5%.

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[AllentownJake]

2. Russia is about to have some problems of their own

Their entire economy is based on oil exports. With the price dropping do to the traders being unable to bid it up right now and demand dropping like a rock they are going to have alot less money to be playing with.

[AsiaExpat]

4. I wouldn't underestimate Russia

Russians are very well educated and typically have a much more intense work ethic than many Americans. After having worked in the country for some years, it is clear that Russians approaches many problems with a sledge hammer, but it is difficult to argue about their many successes. It should not be forgotten that the Shock Doctrine was brutally applied to Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. This is something not forgotten by many Russians who suffered the consequences and still survived on the strength of their character. The comment of one of my best friends in Moscow is quite interesting. This is a person who grew up in the Soviet Union, but has spent here professional life in the "New Russia" and enjoys making money. She says she has no desire to visit the U.S. because it is a "too aggressive country". As a person who grew up during the height of the cold war, I found this statement quite interesting, but also quite true (particularly with regard to the Bush junta).
But I digress -- a point is that although the Russian economy does have a dependence on oil exports, the U.S. extremely dependent on oil imports - and is not galloping to end this dependency. Russia has a small (and decreasing) population with far more than enough oil to meet its needs. Perhaps the low price of oil will be a problem for Russia, but the U.S. has much bigger problems with its lifestyle dependence on oil that it doesn't have. Perhaps the real problem is that, to the detriment of the rest of the world, both Russians and Americans are extremely nationalistic.

[rcsl1998]

3. More Of The Bush Legacy nt

[ohio2007]

5. Police thwart Moscow rally, seize 90-130 people

MOSCOW – Police thwarted a banned anti-Kremlin protest in central Moscow on Sunday, seizing dozens of demonstrators and shoving them into trucks.


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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081214/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_opposition

Russia will dominate at home and.....

[Judi Lynn]

6. You're not interested in a race to see who can find the most photos of riot cops

hauling people around, are you?

Some of us grew up looking at photos in the newpapers, magazines of our own police beating the bejesus out of American citizens right here in our own country.

Many of us can remember all the way back to the New York Republican convention 4 years ago, or the Miami FTAA meetings, in which the cops started dragging people around 2 or more nights before the meetings even started. There's a terrific assortment of photos on the internetS.

Why didn't you finish your sentence? It needs substance, as it makes no sense whatsoever as it is. We're not psychic.