How come this didn't get the same coverage as the globalist convergence, Glob?
"Khadafy urges defense alliance between Africa, South America" by Associated Press | September 28, 2009
PORLAMAR, Venezuela - Moammar Khadafy of Libya called for a NATO-like defense alliance for Africa and South America as leaders from the two continents agreed to link up to gain more clout as economic and political blocs.
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Khadafy and Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez led about 30 presidents in calling for stronger “South-South’’ ties at a two-day summit ending yesterday that was the Libyan ruler’s first visit to Latin America.
What a pair, huh?
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“We have to form a NATO for the south,’’ Khadafy said Saturday. “And that’s not a terrorist action. We have a right.’’
No, it is a defensive one.
He denounced the UN Security Council as an elite club where nations such as Libya have no voice, and called for the two continents to unite to demand change. Chávez said Venezuela is looking into energy investments in Africa and called for joint mining projects, saying the two regions together have enormous potential.
“There will no longer be a unipolar world,’’ Chávez said, referring to US dominance. “In the 21st century, the African Union and South America will be truly great powers.’’
These are the kinds of things that lead to coup attempts.
Seven South American leaders signed an agreement to create a regional development bank with $20 billion in startup capital, and Chávez offered to help create a “South-South bank’’ with African countries.
I thought he was a socialist?
“We’re 65 countries with more than 1 billion inhabitants who want to be heard,’’ said President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, who agreed with Khadafy’s assertion that the Security Council has “lost relevance.’’
Yeah, maybe we should listen.
The meeting on Venezuela’s Margarita Island addressed a wide range of concerns, from hunger in Africa to the economic crisis and a common response to climate change....
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And that's all I heard of it from my newspaper.
