Evo Morales gives Barack Obama an ‘ultimatum’ to lift the ban on Cuba

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# Giovanni Delfino says :
17 December, 2008 [ 17:58 ]

Sure, lets start with chavez! he should stop selling to the US, maybe he wouldn't do anything because then he wont be able to pay Evo's speech classes.

# JJ says :
17 December, 2008 [ 17:59 ]

Morales is an idiot beyond ignorance

# Great Ideas says :
17 December, 2008 [ 18:09 ]

I know this isn't how the world works but sometimes I wish the good ole USA would stop foreign relations with much of the world.  In a way it seems it might be good for the country.  Lets stop buying oil from Chavez.  That would pretty much send his regime to a crashing halt because of a lack of funds.  Lets stop buying from all of the middle eastern countries that burn our flags and hate us so much.  That would also send them to a crashing halt.  Our economy would probably pick up because we would begin buying our own products.  Lets get rid of all of the overseas phone operators.  I can't understand them anyway.  We have plenty of jobs if we didn't try to employee the entire world.  Everybody hates the US, so why don't we just pull out all of our economic interests in their countries and see what happens.  I know, I know, its not realistic, I know its not good foreign policy, but it sure is fun to think about! 

I know our country is not perfect.  I realize we are often arrogant and unfair to the rest of the world.  Yet, I truly believe most americans are good people.  I sometimes get tired of hearing all the ultimatiums, and hatred.  Oh well, such is llife.  I'm still proud to be an American.  God Bless America!

# lm says :
17 December, 2008 [ 19:19 ]

ROFLMAO Evo you silly silly man.

# tony nina says :
17 December, 2008 [ 19:22 ]

what is everyone here going on about? Evo Morales has put forth a brilliant idea. Maybe Cuba can have a taste of some FDI when, and if, the embargo is lifted. Eventually Cuba will be as red as China is today.

# David says :
17 December, 2008 [ 19:25 ]

The US will do as it wants with Cuba, after all it is little more then a joke!

Here's a riddle for you Batman. What country can you have no diplomatic relations with, have an all out trade embargo and still operate a military base within their border?

If you answered Cuba, give yourself a cigar!

# mericorps says :
17 December, 2008 [ 19:41 ]

I have mixed feelings about the embargo on Cuba, and I can see arguments both for and against,

But Evo can not even run his own country and thinks he can take a leader-ship role for Latin America?  He is a joke.

# Rachel in Peru says :
17 December, 2008 [ 19:57 ]

There are embargos on Cuba since money spent in Cuba lines the pockets of the Cuban government directly and not the people.

In order to stop doing business with other countries then the U.S. would have to impose trade embargos, otherwise private corporations, i.e. oil companies, have the right to buy and sell oil from the Middle East.

Raising taxes would also make it cost prohibitive and therefore deter trade.

Evo Morales DID NOT give Obama an ultimatum, he gave the UNITED STATES an ultimatum. He received little backing from the other Latin American leaders, b/c frankly the U.S. is one of their biggest buyers and biggest contributors when it comes to foreign aid.

Morales talks about kicking out ambassadors, didn't he already do that?  Frankly I'm sure the U.S. government isn't shedding tears over being booted from poor, small, forgotten Bolivia.

It'd be nice if the U.S. lifted travel restrictions from Cuba. It'd make for a great vacay spot again close to home!

# Pablo says :
17 December, 2008 [ 23:56 ]

Evo, i don't think we should waste our time even commenting on this.  

@Great Ideas, I wonder what the US economy will look like without oil?

Also, last i heard the US didn't had a Centrally Planned economy so it doesn't control its Companies, Corporations, Banks, etc.

The reason why the US is loosing jobs like the call centers, its because its cheaper to outsource in places like India or Peru.

# Comrade Barack Hussein Obama: says :
18 December, 2008 [ 00:03 ]

Comrade Puppet Evo, "Chavez Lap Puppy," has nothing to fear. I have always thought that the United States should lift its trade embargo against Comrade Fidel Castro as far back as 2004:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ3SVoK9g34
I have been a very loyal follower of Comrade Castro, and I shall always be an avid worshipper of Comrade Che Guevara as well. During my presidential campaign, my Houston office was devoted to Comrade Che Guevara and this link proves my loyalty for communism that, CNN Communist News Network, CBS Communist Broadcasting System, ABC Anything But Capitalism, & NBC Nothing But Communism refused to show. Only the traitorous FOX News reported on this story. And with the soon much desired and up & coming proposed legislation, "Fairness Doctrine," we the communist Democratic National Committee will finaly be able to silence the opposition with the help of Comrade Speaker, Nancy Stretch Pelosi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCja99Kpjwu

# Pedrito says :
18 December, 2008 [ 03:26 ]

He he he he ... Evo is a great clown   ....  and Chavez the chief of all of them.... hehehe.   

# Mike says :
18 December, 2008 [ 08:43 ]

I understand what Great Ideas is talking about.

Maybe Chavez should have kept the amabassador so that his threat would have had teeth. (Regardless of how small....)

The US imports about 33% of its oil from the middle east (21%) and Venezuela (12%) combined, FYI.  Cutting off either would take a little planning and looking for capacity somewhere else.....

# jb says :
18 December, 2008 [ 10:41 ]

Un ultimatum from Evo?  Or what?  He's going to boot the US ambassador?  What a bag of anal gas.

# gecehoyce.s says :
18 December, 2008 [ 11:10 ]

well here we go again from the "thugrocacy" of dear evo.he seems to love the lime light.ever notice his sloppy dress while behind him his "edecan" pulls the chair out for him? His speach
dear comrade hs phoney thuggish ego trip he is on while Bolivia remains what it is :a basket case indeed, sorrily thanks to his "narco-thuggery" Wake up Idiots  to   his misguided narco leadership-Wake Up fast!

# Wow says :
18 December, 2008 [ 13:05 ]

The US does not respond to ULTIMATIUMS.. Another FUC**NG RETARD!! Just like in Bolivia. Go ahead, stop trade with the USA, Europe will Follow US anyway we go... We are UNITED NATIONS, not ONE UNITED NATION(singular) FOR BRAZIL!!!!!! then we will see how many thousands will loose their jobs in that POS country anyway. That MO FO thinks buy starting a trading protest that he can affect the USA trade, LOL!!!!! how do such stupid people get into Government,,,, That ass**H**le is president because of the OIL money that we gave them to HELP put him in POWER!!! WHAT A LOOSER!!!
SOON HE WILL CRY LIKE BOLIVIA!!!!! What is the name for a BAZILIAN CHOLO???

# WOW says :
18 December, 2008 [ 13:10 ]

Retarded.  I am still pissed off at BOLIVIA for being soooo stupid in BRAZIL.....  I HOPE BARZIL does not follow in the steps of BOLIVIA>>>  PLEASE DONT MAKE a NAME FOR Brazilian Cholos....  This name only exist for BRAZILIAN PRESIDENTS THAT MAKE STUPID COMMENTS!! 

Americans Should Not Live In Bolivia, Id suggest they start packing their bags and headding outta there....  A retard like him in power will only cause more hearache and pain for the rest of Latin America.!!! 

Boliva is going Down!!!!!  Lets hope Brazil dosnt respond to such a stupid idea, Id hate to see those good people in Brazil go jobless.

# rice and sugar says :
18 December, 2008 [ 14:32 ]

Evo is nothing but a joke...sadly, the poor people of Bolivia will pay the price of his idiotic ignorance

# Pablo says :
18 December, 2008 [ 15:18 ]

@ Mike, if it were so easy to find oil somewhere else, why have you invaded Irak? why not stop buying oil from Venezuela? 

I'll tell you why, because it's not so easyl, and 33% of consumption in the US is A LOT, assuming that number is correct. Where are you going to buy the oil if not from the middle east and Venezuela? Don't forget that 90% of what's left of oil is buried in the Middle East, so if you want oil for the next 20 years, it has to come from the Middle East.

Remember that the US has other interests in that oil, like preventing the Chinese and Russians from getting that oil, and securing it for its allies in Europe and the rest of the world. 

# noname says :
18 December, 2008 [ 17:02 ]

What Evo, Chavez, Castro, Putin, Ahmadijenad and all the other clowns seem to forget is that when push comes to shove the US and Europe will do a lot better without them than the other way around. Sure our economy will suffer is we withdraw from their markets and close our markets to them, but we will be on easy street compare to them. And when the chips are down, the bigger guns will win the day.   Learn from Japan and what happened once they gave us no choice.  Pearl Harbor cost them dearly.  Be sure not to push to hard Evo, you don't want to end up like Hussein, hanging from a rope.  Ouch!

# Mike says :
18 December, 2008 [ 17:06 ]

Pablo, I didn't say it would be easy.....

Frankly, with the next president, I hope that other sources of energy for cars is explored more....

# MIT student says :
18 December, 2008 [ 17:34 ]

Pablo says :
18 December, 2008 [ 15:18 ]

@ Mike, if it were so easy to find oil somewhere else, why have you invaded Irak? why not stop buying oil from Venezuela? 

I'll tell you why, because it's not so easyl, and 33% of consumption in the US is A LOT, assuming that number is correct. Where are you going to buy the oil if not from the middle east and Venezuela? Don't forget that 90% of what's left of oil is buried in the Middle East, so if you want oil for the next 20 years, it has to come from the Middle East.

Remember that the US has other interests in that oil, like preventing the Chinese and Russians from getting that oil, and securing it for its allies in Europe and the rest of the world. 

-------------------------------------------------------

Easy: stop depending on oil. USA have the best brains of the planet.  And Venezuela, Middle East, etc will be begging to the USA in order to buy its oil.

# David says :
18 December, 2008 [ 18:31 ]

It is said that the US has upwards of 50 years worth of oil reserves within there own boarders.

The reason the US seeks oil from other locations is to conserve these reserves. When everyone else is empty the US will still be sitting pretty.

For one I don't think we are running out of oil the world over but if and when we (the world) do we'll have enough alternate tech. in place that we won't miss a beat.

# jb says :
18 December, 2008 [ 20:46 ]

At $38/barrel, alternate energy looks very expensive.

# Joe Cool says :
18 December, 2008 [ 21:54 ]

Cholo Evo has a fourth grade education and it is showing with the stupid suggestions he made in Brazil.  Bolivia is on the edge of a precipice and Evo is hanging on by his fingernails.  Today in LaPaz you have to be very careful what you say when you are in a taxi.  The American tourist trade has almost stopped to Venezuela and Bolivia.  Should Chavez and little Evo keep up their tirades, they will be up the creek without a paddle.

# His days are numbered - Hugo here and I go der says :
19 December, 2008 [ 00:19 ]

From Dick Morris, a former adviser to Bill Clinton:  "Chavez, in Venezuela is not in great shape.  Because of corruption and incompetence, Venezuelan oil production has dropped from over 3 million barrels per day when Chavez took over to about 1.7 million today.  As long as oil prices were quadrupling, it didn't matter, but when they crashed, a harsh wind of reality blew in the door.  Chavez was losing popularity before the oil price dropped. He lost a constitutional referendum to give himself lifetime tenure and he just lost his municipal elections in the largest cities and states in the nation.  After knocking out most of the major opposition candidates on phony charges of corruption, he managed to hang on to the governorships of the small, rural provinces, but he lost the cities -- even the poor areas of the cities voted against him."

# jay says :
19 December, 2008 [ 09:54 ]

First of all, I think Evo really did make a foolish comment about Cuba, the embargo and the US. Obama had already said that the US/Cuba relationship needed to be reevaluated. He ought to have the votes in Congress to rescend the embargo and the hard-line anti-Castro Cubans are dying out. Most people in the US want a change to the 50 year-old policy that has had little effect except to make life very hard on those ordinary Cubans who chose to stay or couldn't leave.

Secondly, Evo's "ultimatum" will make it more difficult politically for the Obama administration to make peace with Bolivia (assuming it has the time and diplomatic will). If there is any "anti-Communist" lobby left in the US, this will bring them out of the woodwork. There were plenty of reasons for the new administration to smooth over relations with Morales. This will muddy the waters, at least in Washington.

# Splaktar says :
19 December, 2008 [ 10:04 ]

Morales is a joke.  His words are meaningless as are his threats.  He should just keep his mouth shut rather than keep trying to bully people around politically.  If anything the US should impose the same trade embargo against Bolivia.

# Trammelist says :
26 February, 2009 [ 21:58 ]

When I was in my early 20s I got aquainted with many Cuban people ,they are just like us.Everyones ----stinks.I am glad to see someone stand up for whats right its a shame that Americans are to cowardlu to do something about this.If I had the money I would do a Pulsha Bunker Act.The Embargo Is Racist ,Demonic and against Democracy how can the goverment impose a ban that defies the Freedom for so long.
For those leaders that do make the move to remove the ban they will be greatly blessed by god.It is better to obey the commandment of God than man.

# Mike says :
26 February, 2009 [ 22:24 ]

The subject was/is Bolivia.  There is no embargo against them.

As for Cuba; well, if Fidel is such a great leader, why isn't Cuba a democracy that allows people to vote?  If he could withstand a free, popular vote, with actual opposition, then the embargo might just be unfair.  Fact of the matter is, he couldn't.  He, and now his brother, rule by totalitarian fear.

The embargo on Cuba isn't racist - that's just a stupid, pig-ignorant agrument.  What about other Latin American or Carribbean nations?  What?  No embargos?  Where's the racism?

The embargo is certainly democratic.  At the time of the embargo, and even to this day, the majority of Americans continue to be in favor of it.  That's democracy.

Americans seem to be changing their opinions on it slowly, though.  And when most Americans do, the embargo will end.

Why does Cuba even care?  If I remember correctly, this embargo does not put restrictions on any of our allies to do business with Cuba.  It is an embargo by the US against Cuba.  Cuba can do trade and whatever it wants with the vast majority of the world.

I'll tell you why Cuba cares: because it prevents the Castro brothers and company from getting even more rich by doing easy business with a neighboring country with lots of demand.

And just in case anyone forgets what the embargo is about:  it is about the support Fidel & Co. provided our then-enemies, the Soviets, for decades.  Including, for a brief time, allowing nuclear weapons on the island.

# Steve says :
2 March, 2009 [ 07:03 ]

Don't forget that the ever democratic and benevolent Fidel Castro and so called liberator/thug Che Guevara wanted to launch those nuclear weapons at the US and start WW3.

The embargo is still there because neither Fidel, Raul nor any other commie thug has so far repudiated this cold war stance nor democratised and liberalised Cuba.


As for Morales, his primary school education real has made its mark hasn't it?

What an idiot, seriously Bush and Chavez combined could not be so stupid, even after lessons from Dan Quayle.

# Rodriego Santos says :
13 April, 2009 [ 04:13 ]

Iran, Bolivia to stand up to imperialism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9QLeYzATEc

# Rodriego says :
13 April, 2009 [ 04:16 ]

Why China Owns the U.S.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqzlQ0ZEuxc


China has USA by the balls...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeFZlEaCtRI

RUSSIA - CHINA SURPASS US AIR SUPERIORITY !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVyL6KT4kx4

# Rodrigo says :
13 April, 2009 [ 04:19 ]

The Obama Deception 1/2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jnl-G_FZEo


The Obama Deception PT 2/2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yMjS2_MHD8&feature=related

# Rodrigo says :
13 April, 2009 [ 04:25 ]

Obama The Warmonger-17 Bombed In Pakistan...Some "Change" huh?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aKTPIphDdA


Obama= WAR in Pakistan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLhWg-8bafM&feature=related


Pakistan Nuclear Weapons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWTwsCcYTiE

Pakistan Nuclear Missiles Display at IDEAS 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUvQF4_oCwo&feature=related


Pakistan Nuclear Power II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkNns9KaqJU&feature=related





These videos show how very intelligent obama is. HAHAHAHA.

# Rodrigo says :
13 April, 2009 [ 05:57 ]

Hugo Chavez Steps Up for Native Americans and the Poor
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-giago/hugo-chavez-steps-up-for-_b_43630.html

Hugo Chavez's Mission

By ROGER BURBACH

Caracas, Venezuela.

Hugo Chavez has moved onto the world stage as an advocate of profound change within his own country and abroad. At the gathering of world leaders at the United Nations this week he proclaimed: "The United Nations has exhausted its modelThe twenty first century demands deep changes that will only be possible if a new organization is founded." He described the specter of a "frightening neo- liberal globalization" that has sapped the will of the United Nations. Alluding to the United States, he called for an end to the "shameless dictatorship" it exercises over the international organization and demanded that UN headquarters be moved from New York to an "international city" in a country in the South.

These calls for radical changes at the global level are a reflection of the deep transformations being carried out within Venezuela. Starting in early 2005 Chavez proclaimed that Venezuela is bent on constructing "a new socialism for the twenty first century."

Venezuela is not constructing anything resembling socialism as we knew it in the last century. Thus far there have been no moves to take over the assets of the largest national or transnational enterprises of the country. Furthermore, Chavez has not proclaimed a Peoples state, only a Bolivarian Republic, while the state bureaucracy of the Ancien Regime remains largely intact. Finally no centralized political party has been charged with the task of transforming the the economy or the country´s social, political and cultural values.

But even before Chavez´ proclamation that socialism is on the agenda, fundamental transformations had begun occurring in Venezuela. As Marta Harnecker, an adviser to Chavez states "Venezuela is engaged in a sui generis revolution."

At the United Nation's Chavez mentioned the achievements of his seven year old government. In a country of 25 million, 1.4 million learned to read and write within a year and a half, while three million Venezuelans previously excluded from education due to poverty enrolled in the education system. Seventy percent of the population now enjoys access to free health care while 45 percent of the people receive subsidized food via cooperatives, special food programs and government distribution centers.

These successes make the UN-backed Millennium Summit goal of reducing global poverty by fifty percent by 2015 and of providing primary education for all by the same year seem paultry. As Chavez noted, at the actual pace of change realized in the years since the summit, world hunger will not be halved until 2215 while universal primary education will not be realized until 2100.

The Bush administration lambastes Chavez for trying to establish "another Cuba" in Venezuela. This is hardly the case. Marta Harnecker, who also served as a participant and interpreter of the Cuban revolution, notes there are "few similarities between Cuba and Venezuela." Each country has a charismatic leader, but the analogies end there. Harnecker states: "Fidel Castro used a central party apparatus to build socialism in Cuba, while Venezuela has no such structure." If anything, Chavez is distrustful of political parties, given his military heritage, the crisis of the parties of the old regime and the constant squabbling among the parties and participants in the pro-Chavez Fifth Republic Movement, a political organization that predominates in the country's National Assembly.

What this means for some on the left is that Chavez is a populist at best or a nineteenth century caudillo at worst. In fact there are many vestiges of Chavez´ rule that mark him as a combination of both and more. A unique system is being forged in Venezuela. It combines pre-modern forms in that Chavez is indeed harking back to nineteenth century caudillos and independence heroes like Simon Bolivar. At the same time, a "democratic postmodern revolution" is unfolding in Venezuela as hundreds of thousands of local organizations and movements are taking root among the multitude, enabling them to take control of their lives and their destinies. During Chavez' seven year rule eight elections and referendums have been held with an election for the National Assembly scheduled for later this year, making Venezuela an example of an authentic participatory democracy.

Beginning with what are called ¨Misiones" or Missions in 1999, Chavez has fomented an incredible number of grass roots activities among the 80 percent of Venezuela's population that has been historically marginalized. The early and most important missions focused on education and medical help. The medical missions are generally comprised of two doctors, most of them from Cuba. The doctors are sent to rural communities and shanty towns to provide health care and to help people organize around their health needs. The educational missions, part of broader "barrio adentro" programs are comprised of both national and locally trained teams that work to establish programs to deal with illiteracy as well as getting adults and younger people back into schooling programs to advance their careers. Neither the health nor the educational programs are run by the Ministries of Health or Education. They as well as additional missions involved in rural land reform, job training, etc. are funded and guided directly by national policy teams that are accountable to Hugo Chavez.

Simultaneously the cooperative movement has boomed: Today there are over 70,000 cooperatives of all types operating through out the country. Another very important initiative orchestrated from below are the "Comites de Tierra." In a country where the vast majority of the population is urbanized, over 65 percent of the urban dwellers do not have formal land titles. The Comites, comprised of 150 to 200 heads of household each, are setting about the process of conducting land surveys and securing titles to their homes. There are now about 5000 Comites operating throughout Venezuela. These Comites have little or nothing to do with the Housing Ministry. Their activities are guided by the National Technical Office of Lands whose director, Ivan Martinez, is appointed by Chavez.

The Bolivarian revolution also resonates on the international scene. Chavez in the past month has launched PetroCaribe, a program to provide oil to the Caribbean nations at reduced prices and with access to long term credits at 1 percent per year. This comes on top of the formation of PetroSur, a plan to integrate the energy grids of several South American countries, as well as Venezuela's adhesion to the South American Common Market (Mecrosur) and the Andean economic community.

All these measures constitute a challenge to the historic hegemony of the United States in Latin America just as its imperial hands are tied by the war in Iraq. Small wonder the Bush administration and its right wing evangelical ally, Pat Robertson, have a vendetta against Chavez and the Bolivarian socialist revolution in Venezuela. This week the US State Department stooped to a new low when it tried to prevent members of Chavez' security team from accompanying him on his visit. As Chavez stated before the United Nations, in spite of such "internal and external aggressions, we will fight for Venezuela, for Latin American integration and for the world."

Roger Burbach is director of the Center for the Study of the Americas (CENSA) and a Visiting Scholar at the Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley. He is co- author with Jim Tarbell of "Imperial Overstretch: George W. Bush and the Hubris of Empire," He released late last year "The Pinochet Affair: State Terrorism and Global Justice."

http://www.counterpunch.org/burbach09242005.html

No Bases for Empire:Protests Against US Foreign Bases
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrpwfwwoh4Y&feature=PlayList&p=70FD6E8E93DB7706&index=0

Bolivia expels US ambassador
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7apL1gfwfwA&feature=related

Bolivia's Red Ponchos call to arms - 04 May 08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amBowZIxLcI&feature=related


Iran, Bolivia to stand up to imperialism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9QLeYzATEc


Bolivia Expels Zionist Jew Ambassador Phillip Goldberg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlSUQJA2Ljw&feature=related


Bolivian President Morales "no to Neoliberalism"- 1/5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLLWDcQDBOs

Bolivian President Morales "no to Neoliberalism"- 2/5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB6pLEYyIW4&feature=related


Bolivian President Morales "no to Neoliberalism"- 3/5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grt3N6gW8lE&feature=related


Bolivian President Morales "no to Neoliberalism"- 4/5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9kTrNFevEY&feature=related

Bolivian President Morales "no to Neoliberalism"- 5/5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQYL-Gv8g4M&feature=related

US is losing out from Russia-Bolivia deal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkJmj1vz1n0


'Russia and Bolivia need each other'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xgbUR0LBvs

Russia Bolivia ink helicopter deal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85u5CGeRCdA

Russia-Bolivia: just a start
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqqSQHw0SwU

In Moscow Bolivian leader seeks gas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8OS_8quf4s&feature=channel


Medvedev Morales media conference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33dA9yo8zUI&feature=related


Gas focus of Evo Morales's trip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJgvI5hHgik&feature=channel

Ahmadinejad is Received Warmly During his Visit to Bolivia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kgl-r6O-G4

0914 #84 Bolivia Morales & Iran Investment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8mFV1ZGddQ&feature=related

Morales in Tehran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tLYdAIQl08&feature=related

IRINN: Editorial on Iran's Latin America Relations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSpx6BfqYuk&feature=related

Brazil Sees No Iranian Threat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSfhQvuTwqs&feature=related

# Rodrigo says :
13 April, 2009 [ 05:59 ]

Hugo Chavez Steps Up for Native Americans and the Poor
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-giago/hugo-chavez-steps-up-for-_b_43630.html

Hugo Chavez's Mission

By ROGER BURBACH

Caracas, Venezuela.

Hugo Chavez has moved onto the world stage as an advocate of profound change within his own country and abroad. At the gathering of world leaders at the United Nations this week he proclaimed: "The United Nations has exhausted its modelThe twenty first century demands deep changes that will only be possible if a new organization is founded." He described the specter of a "frightening neo- liberal globalization" that has sapped the will of the United Nations. Alluding to the United States, he called for an end to the "shameless dictatorship" it exercises over the international organization and demanded that UN headquarters be moved from New York to an "international city" in a country in the South.

These calls for radical changes at the global level are a reflection of the deep transformations being carried out within Venezuela. Starting in early 2005 Chavez proclaimed that Venezuela is bent on constructing "a new socialism for the twenty first century."

Venezuela is not constructing anything resembling socialism as we knew it in the last century. Thus far there have been no moves to take over the assets of the largest national or transnational enterprises of the country. Furthermore, Chavez has not proclaimed a Peoples state, only a Bolivarian Republic, while the state bureaucracy of the Ancien Regime remains largely intact. Finally no centralized political party has been charged with the task of transforming the the economy or the country´s social, political and cultural values.

But even before Chavez´ proclamation that socialism is on the agenda, fundamental transformations had begun occurring in Venezuela. As Marta Harnecker, an adviser to Chavez states "Venezuela is engaged in a sui generis revolution."

At the United Nation's Chavez mentioned the achievements of his seven year old government. In a country of 25 million, 1.4 million learned to read and write within a year and a half, while three million Venezuelans previously excluded from education due to poverty enrolled in the education system. Seventy percent of the population now enjoys access to free health care while 45 percent of the people receive subsidized food via cooperatives, special food programs and government distribution centers.

These successes make the UN-backed Millennium Summit goal of reducing global poverty by fifty percent by 2015 and of providing primary education for all by the same year seem paultry. As Chavez noted, at the actual pace of change realized in the years since the summit, world hunger will not be halved until 2215 while universal primary education will not be realized until 2100.

The Bush administration lambastes Chavez for trying to establish "another Cuba" in Venezuela. This is hardly the case. Marta Harnecker, who also served as a participant and interpreter of the Cuban revolution, notes there are "few similarities between Cuba and Venezuela." Each country has a charismatic leader, but the analogies end there. Harnecker states: "Fidel Castro used a central party apparatus to build socialism in Cuba, while Venezuela has no such structure." If anything, Chavez is distrustful of political parties, given his military heritage, the crisis of the parties of the old regime and the constant squabbling among the parties and participants in the pro-Chavez Fifth Republic Movement, a political organization that predominates in the country's National Assembly.

What this means for some on the left is that Chavez is a populist at best or a nineteenth century caudillo at worst. In fact there are many vestiges of Chavez´ rule that mark him as a combination of both and more. A unique system is being forged in Venezuela. It combines pre-modern forms in that Chavez is indeed harking back to nineteenth century caudillos and independence heroes like Simon Bolivar. At the same time, a "democratic postmodern revolution" is unfolding in Venezuela as hundreds of thousands of local organizations and movements are taking root among the multitude, enabling them to take control of their lives and their destinies. During Chavez' seven year rule eight elections and referendums have been held with an election for the National Assembly scheduled for later this year, making Venezuela an example of an authentic participatory democracy.

Beginning with what are called ¨Misiones" or Missions in 1999, Chavez has fomented an incredible number of grass roots activities among the 80 percent of Venezuela's population that has been historically marginalized. The early and most important missions focused on education and medical help. The medical missions are generally comprised of two doctors, most of them from Cuba. The doctors are sent to rural communities and shanty towns to provide health care and to help people organize around their health needs. The educational missions, part of broader "barrio adentro" programs are comprised of both national and locally trained teams that work to establish programs to deal with illiteracy as well as getting adults and younger people back into schooling programs to advance their careers. Neither the health nor the educational programs are run by the Ministries of Health or Education. They as well as additional missions involved in rural land reform, job training, etc. are funded and guided directly by national policy teams that are accountable to Hugo Chavez.

Simultaneously the cooperative movement has boomed: Today there are over 70,000 cooperatives of all types operating through out the country. Another very important initiative orchestrated from below are the "Comites de Tierra." In a country where the vast majority of the population is urbanized, over 65 percent of the urban dwellers do not have formal land titles. The Comites, comprised of 150 to 200 heads of household each, are setting about the process of conducting land surveys and securing titles to their homes. There are now about 5000 Comites operating throughout Venezuela. These Comites have little or nothing to do with the Housing Ministry. Their activities are guided by the National Technical Office of Lands whose director, Ivan Martinez, is appointed by Chavez.

The Bolivarian revolution also resonates on the international scene. Chavez in the past month has launched PetroCaribe, a program to provide oil to the Caribbean nations at reduced prices and with access to long term credits at 1 percent per year. This comes on top of the formation of PetroSur, a plan to integrate the energy grids of several South American countries, as well as Venezuela's adhesion to the South American Common Market (Mecrosur) and the Andean economic community.

All these measures constitute a challenge to the historic hegemony of the United States in Latin America just as its imperial hands are tied by the war in Iraq. Small wonder the Bush administration and its right wing evangelical ally, Pat Robertson, have a vendetta against Chavez and the Bolivarian socialist revolution in Venezuela. This week the US State Department stooped to a new low when it tried to prevent members of Chavez' security team from accompanying him on his visit. As Chavez stated before the United Nations, in spite of such "internal and external aggressions, we will fight for Venezuela, for Latin American integration and for the world."

Roger Burbach is director of the Center for the Study of the Americas (CENSA) and a Visiting Scholar at the Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley. He is co- author with Jim Tarbell of "Imperial Overstretch: George W. Bush and the Hubris of Empire," He released late last year "The Pinochet Affair: State Terrorism and Global Justice."

http://www.counterpunch.org/burbach09242005.html

No Bases for Empire:Protests Against US Foreign Bases
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrpwfwwoh4Y&feature=PlayList&p=70FD6E8E93DB7706&index=0

Bolivia expels US ambassador
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7apL1gfwfwA&feature=related

Bolivia's Red Ponchos call to arms - 04 May 08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amBowZIxLcI&feature=related


Iran, Bolivia to stand up to imperialism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9QLeYzATEc


Bolivia Expels Zionist Jew Ambassador Phillip Goldberg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlSUQJA2Ljw&feature=related


Bolivian President Morales "no to Neoliberalism"- 1/5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLLWDcQDBOs

Bolivian President Morales "no to Neoliberalism"- 2/5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB6pLEYyIW4&feature=related


Bolivian President Morales "no to Neoliberalism"- 3/5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grt3N6gW8lE&feature=related


Bolivian President Morales "no to Neoliberalism"- 4/5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9kTrNFevEY&feature=related

Bolivian President Morales "no to Neoliberalism"- 5/5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQYL-Gv8g4M&feature=related

US is losing out from Russia-Bolivia deal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkJmj1vz1n0


'Russia and Bolivia need each other'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xgbUR0LBvs

Russia Bolivia ink helicopter deal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85u5CGeRCdA

Russia-Bolivia: just a start
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqqSQHw0SwU

In Moscow Bolivian leader seeks gas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8OS_8quf4s&feature=channel


Medvedev Morales media conference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33dA9yo8zUI&feature=related


Gas focus of Evo Morales's trip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJgvI5hHgik&feature=channel

Ahmadinejad is Received Warmly During his Visit to Bolivia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kgl-r6O-G4

0914 #84 Bolivia Morales & Iran Investment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8mFV1ZGddQ&feature=related

Morales in Tehran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tLYdAIQl08&feature=related

IRINN: Editorial on Iran's Latin America Relations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSpx6BfqYuk&feature=related

Brazil Sees No Iranian Threat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSfhQvuTwqs&feature=related

# danidanado says :
17 April, 2009 [ 17:53 ]

Huey Chavez and Lap Dog Evil Morals are heroes to Rodrigo, Felipe, and Dr. Jason Smith PHD (Pizza Hut Driver).  The latter three are the same person, and all of them must be consuming from Evil's garden.

# Rodrigo says :
18 April, 2009 [ 00:39 ]

Viva Evo Morales .
usa is the joke
usa is now owned by China & Ita new name is Chiamerca.
usa is broke .
usa is no longer financial superpower.
usa has also lost air supremacy to both Russia & China.
SCO Alliance makes usa very very vulnerable.
usa is OLD NEWS.

# Rodrigo says :
2 May, 2009 [ 15:49 ]

South America angry at obama due to not lifting cuba embargo:

Last week's Summit of the Americas saw Latin America displaying new-found confidence in its negotiations with the US. Although President Obama is unlikely to agree to all their requests, he was willing to listen, says Ewen MacAskill

When Barack Obama attended the Summit of the Americas last weekend, a platform for the US, Canada, Central and South America and the Caribbean, the official agenda had a wide range of issues from the recession to climate change. But the issue expected to generate the most interest was not on the official agenda. It was the missing country, Cuba. Its friends, Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua, were due to push hard for the US and others to adopt a new attitude towards Cuba.

Their calls would have got a better reception than at any time in the last 50 years. Many other countries in the Americas would also like to see the US end its embargo and bring Cuba back into the fold. The prominence of the issue reflected the changed atmosphere in the US after the departure of George Bush, and the increasing confidence of Latin America.

The mood before the summit was quite different from the last one in 2005 at Mar del Plata, in Argentina, which was marked by violent protests against the presence of President Bush. Leftwingers from all over South America went there to protest, accompanied by less likely protesters, such as football legend Diego Maradona.

Polls show, though, that Obama is well-liked everywhere in the Americas. And the old relationship between the US and South America has gone. After 1945, it was characterised by US support for corrupt and murderous governments, provided they were anti-communist, pro-US and helpful to US companies. While the US will always regard Latin America as its backyard, as it has since the early 19th century, the Obama administration is unlikely to interfere in such an overt way.

Another dominant aspect of the relationship was the habit of the US, along with other world organisations such as the International Monetary Fund, of lecturing Latin American countries about the need for financial discipline. Given the US’s collapsed banks, property slump and high unemployment, Washington will not be rerunning the lectures. Although there are still desperate levels of poverty in Latin America, many of its countries are riding out the recession better than the US, ­Europe and Asia.

Obama’s trip to the summit, at Port of Spain, capital of Trinidad and Tobago, was to be followed by a visit to Mexico City; both there and at the summit, a ­major topic will be the drug war along the US-Mexican border. The US has changed its stance towards its neighbours over this.

The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, eased the way with her visit to Mexico City, where she acknowledged that US was partly to blame for the "war" because demand for drugs in the US fuelled it, an admission that Latin American countries have long wanted to hear from Washington. The high death toll along the border does not only concern the US and Mexico. Countries to the south are worried that drug overlords squeezed by the Mexican army (helped by US specialists transferred to Mexico City) will shift their operations to their countries. That is a worry in the Caribbean, too.

Obama’s main problem is that he cannot meet the expectations of many Latin American countries. Latin America would like to see free trade throughout the Americas. But Obama, on the campaign trail and faced with US workers angry over job losses, spoke out against the free trade agreement that existed between the US, Mexico and Canada, suggesting that, as president, he would seek to renegotiate parts of it.

Because Obama had to be mindful of his own voters, there was only a remote chance of progress towards the kind of free trade the Latin America countries would like with the US. There may have been room for manoeuvre on climate change and poverty reduction but, because of the recession, it was more likely to be ­rhetorical exhortation than significant amounts of cash.

Cuba typifies the new Obama approach. Other countries would like the US to respect the political diversity of the Americas and there was a push at the summit to see Cuba restored to the Organisation of American States, from which it was suspended in 1962. Obama appeared unwilling to go that far.

Although Obama is more responsive towards new relations with Cuba, he is not likely to lift the trade embargo soon. His changes will be incremental, beginning by easing travel arrangements for Cuban-Americans visiting their families. But that would be an important breach. Members of Congress opposed to lifting sanctions while Cuba is still communist will be uncomfortable if some Americans can travel to Cuba while others are banned. It is easy to envisage a scenario in which all Americans can travel to Cuba. Increased exchanges could lead to pressure to ease the trade sanctions, and normalisation of relations.

It is just going to take longer than many Latin American countries would like.

http://www.guardianweekly.co.uk/?page=editorial&id=1029&catID=17

# Gandi says :
20 May, 2009 [ 16:20 ]

Rodrigo, I thought you did us a favor and went back under that rock you came from, but I guess we are not that lucky. I dont know which one of you is the biggest Idiot you, Evo or Hugo but with you as a third we have the new Three Stooges. You can count to three cant you?

# The Real WOW says :
4 July, 2009 [ 10:03 ]

Rodrigo, you dweb why are you now saying you are WOW, we know you cant spell. I thought maybe we were through with you. I guess you didnt find a job. Why dont you go back to your butt buddies Hugo, Evo, And Fidel. Maybe you have a new boyfriend in Hounduras

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