Brazilian Foreign Affairs minister Celos Amorim warned that relations between United States and Latinamerica are deteriorating and called on President Barak Obama to begin a dialogue with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Read full article
I appreciate the availability of english language commentary on the activities of our Central and South American neighbors as our local press in Canada does not provide much coverage.
South America would be better off forgetting the United States and concentrating its efforts on building relations with China, India and other emerging economic powers. The United States is a declining empire similar to where the United Kingdom was between the First and Second World Wars. It is so absorbed with its own internal decay and self inflicted quagmires in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Palestine that it has no time, resources, or interest to care about what is happening in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Disclaimer & comment rulesI appreciate the availability of english language commentary on the activities of our Central and South American neighbors as our local press in Canada does not provide much coverage.
Nov 17th, 2009 - 01:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0South America would be better off forgetting the United States and concentrating its efforts on building relations with China, India and other emerging economic powers. The United States is a declining empire similar to where the United Kingdom was between the First and Second World Wars. It is so absorbed with its own internal decay and self inflicted quagmires in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Palestine that it has no time, resources, or interest to care about what is happening in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Nov 17th, 2009 - 01:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0should be carefully about the US's worms in South America.
Nov 17th, 2009 - 02:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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