Venezuela/Colombia conflict “weakens” South America’s image, says Brazil

Monday, July 26th 2010 - 05:41 UTC

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Brazil’s Executive foreign affairs advisor said that the breaking of relations between Venezuela and Colombia “weakens” South America and negotiations to bring both sides together should not be seen as a confrontation between Unasur (Union of South American Nations) and OAS (Organization of American States). Read full article

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Is South America supposed to be “strong” then? Actually, what we have is the descendants of imperial colonialism still struggling towards, in their minds, the nebulous ideas of “democracy” and “freedom”. Some states in the country have made more progress than others but remain under pressure from neo-imperialist states, such as Argentina, and effective dictatorships, such as Venezuela.
South America isn't “strong” because it hasn't got the integral strength implicit in the strength of its people. It's a lttle boy shouting in the dark to persuade itself that it is “strong”.
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