Obama says his administration has been ‘very aggressive’ in expanding relations with Latin America
US President Barack Obama denied on Thursday contrary to what many of his critics contend that he has neglected Latin America and said that his administration has been “very aggressive” in trying to broaden relations with the region.
“We have not only not neglected it, we’ve actually been very aggressive in trying to expand those relationships. Trade is significantly up between the US and Latin America since I took on the presidency” Obama said in an interview with the Spanish news agency EFE, in Golden. Colorado, following a campaign rally.
“Keep in mind that I’ve taken a number of trips, to participate in the Summit of the Americas in Colombia, most recently to Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador, and I was just in Mexico for the G20 summit,” the president said in responding to a question about whether he felt he had neglected the region.
“And throughout these trips what I’ve emphasized is the importance of strengthening bonds and ties between the US and all the countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean,” he added.
“In very concrete terms, we have partnered on security issues, to dealing with (the) trans-national drug trade, to energy issues focused on how we can develop greater energy efficiency and more clean energy,” the president said.
Obama also mentioned, as signs of his commitment to Latin America that since taking office in January 2009 his administration had worked on “expanding trade by signing free trade deals with Colombia and Panama and really emphasizing exchanges between young people which create such a strong bond between the U.S. and the region.”
“I expect that I will travel there again. This is going to be a huge growth region with enormous opportunities but also enormous challenges,” he said.
The president added, in conclusion, that what he called Washington’s “unprecedented” cooperation with Mexico to fight drug trafficking will continue as the new administration headed by Enrique Peña Nieto takes over there in December.
“Our cooperation with Mexico on dealing with the trans-national drug trade is unprecedented and we’ll continue to build on that with the new administration,” Obama said.
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Argentines would probably love this project of his adminstration though! opengovplatform.org/ Hope they get one!
Viva Obama we the free world supports you...
The U.S. is more of a region, to me. In the sixties, women had just ben given the right to vote in Alabama, there were two classes of citizens in the South, and nuclear drills were held in elementary school.
Today, young women make more than men in 147 out 150 U.S. cities, a Black man is PRES-O-DENT, and solar and electric car subsidies are rockin!!
During the period of the Condor, the nasty part of U.S. gov was friends with the -- EVEN NASTIER--- parts of YOUR government!! Ok, that happens everywhere.
Until we have true direct democracy, there will always be imbalances to correct.
But, according to recent Freedom of Info Act documents, the U.S. was in favor of an economicslly freer administration, but did not assist in Allende's removal.
Guess where all the food shortages are today?? North Korea, Venezuela, precipitated in each case by socialist expropriation or control of food production. No incentive.
Hundreds of thousands dead in the '90s in N Korea from the resulting famine.
I care about hungry people.
So: your president does not give press conferences. Start asking for that.
Your gov is not working on an open-source info platform. That might make you feel more secure.
Your Tecnopolis is weird. It's heavy on 'moving' words, not tech. What Argentina may not fully understand is this: the world is no longer patting people on the back for 'literacy'. It rewards NUMERACY.
Kids in stable, comfortable countries are learning coding in the early grades. You can literally cross-reference the credit rating of a country by the numeracy of it's population!
Good luck
is he not ..
And well, Plan´s like Condor weren´t just circunstantial agreetments between goverments IMO, they were an active militar initiative from US part to keep the URSS out, in a similar way the soviet union did around its territory, by imposing dictatorships systematicaly around the entire continent, when it´s about Foreing Policy US goverment just thinks about protecting it´s economic, political and militar interests, principles or even society dont have much to do with it IMO, during the 60's there was a strong opposition inside US society towards war but that didn´t change their general foreing policy too much.
When it comes to relations between countries sadly interests then to take precedent over general principles not in all cases or in all situations but in enough for it to be a very difficult thing to overcome problems together, especially to international bodies that function in base of the countries cooperation like UN. WE may have to change that quickly because now more than ever, countries economies are extremely related to each other, so this time the crsisis could be a lot worse internationaly than during the Big Crack of 1929. with Globalization now the economy can be a weapon or an instrument for peace, the recent hight prices on food are a good example of this.
this is not from a fémale comment. !
y0ú cán use moré seriôús comment ñames.
Sorry, but I am indeed a woman :) what would make you think I wasn´t ?
becoùsè,the women cànt percéive thesè kinds of greàt commeñts to write.
Your problem is that you live in the past,
And think women should shut up and cook.
Still,
You dinners still in the oven .lol.
I hope you get to change the poor concept you have of women, perjuices can get in the way of good human relationships.
#10&11 Yes women can definately be great, look at Cristina =)
“Hombres necios que acusais a la mujer sin razón, sin ver que son la ocasión de lo mismo que culpais.”
“Stubborn men who accuse women without reason, without seeing that they are the cause of their blame”
While Mexico is known for being patriarchal oriented, we have always had strong and intellingent women through our history :-)
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