"Obama to visit Latin America in effort to restore US influence" by Associated Press / March 19, 2011
BRASILIA, Brazil — It lacks the urgency of a nuclear crisis in Japan, or fighting in Libya, or the threat of a government shutdown at home.
But the wars will go on.
But President Obama today begins a trip to Latin America that many in the hemisphere consider long overdue and that the White House believes will help restore US influence in the region....
I hate to be the one to tell you this, America, but we are losing it! That's what happens when you hook your star to the Israeli wagon.
The trip, considered by many in the hemisphere as long overdue, is also an effort to solidify relationships that have slipped two years after Obama declared “a new chapter of engagement’’ with the region.
Oh, he's stiffed you guys down south, too?!?!
In that time, China has expanded its economic footprint in the region and has surpassed the United States as Brazil’s top trade partner....
Oh, THAT IS a CONCERN!!
And what is the U.S. doing?
Off waging mass-murdering wars in faraway lands over lies!!
Obama will meet with recently elected President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil today, followed by meetings with President Sebastian Pinera of Chile, and President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador. In selecting those three, Obama is reaching out to nations whose political leaders have displayed a pragmatic governing style and where anti-Americanism is on the wane.
Translation: He's seeing the few friends we have down there.
As such they stand in stark contrast to Venezuela and Bolivia, led by leftist populists known for agitating against the United States.
Honestly, I'm sick of the slanted journalism and ax-grinding bias.
Also see: Landslide ruins 400 homes in Bolivia
Then the floods were forgotten.
At the same time, in Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador, Obama’s showcasing democracies that have emerged from turbulent pasts and that, in his administration’s view, serve as examples of a pathway out of the current upheaval in the Middle East.
Yeah, the turbulent pasts were mostly due to help from the CIA. You know, standard stuff, coups and crap.
The trip also presents Obama with an opportunity to spell out his goals for the region — much as he did for the Middle East in a speech in Cairo in June 2009.
Meaning he will be letting you know what the New World Order has in store for you.
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And I cut away the froth for you, readers:
"In Latin America, Obama sees opportunity for US job growth" by Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press / March 20, 2011
BRASILIA — Executives from a number of American corporations, including International Paper, Cargill, Citigroup, and Coca-Cola, participated in the CEO session.
Obama is nothing more than a salesman for corporations -- with nuclear reactor builder GE one of his top campaign donors.
Obama began his three-country, five-day tour of Latin America against the backdrop of ominous developments in earthquake-ravaged Japan, where officials are struggling to prevent a meltdown at a damaged nuclear power plant, and in Libya, where a US and European coalition launched a risky military operation to protect civilians from attacks by Moammar Khadafy’s force.
The place has already melted down, and now they are talking about plutonium poisoning. The fact that the AmeriKan corporate media has been minimizing and obfuscating the dangers is most distressing. The corporate media simply does not care.
Brazil stands out for its strategic and economic importance to the United States. It is a member of an exclusive club of influential developing nations, along with Russia, India, and China, collectively known in economic circles as the BRIC nations.
Putting a BRIC upside the AmeriKan head.
Obama is looking to reset the US relationship with Brazil, which has split with Washington on several issues....
That's odd.
My print paper says "an emerging economic power that even without being hostile has annoyed Washington with its independent ways."
Yeah, I guess they had to clean that up.
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Of course, we know what independent ways they mean:
"Obama hails rise of Brazil, a key economic partner; But trade policy, UN seat still causing friction" by Perry Bacon Jr. and Juan Forero, Washington Post / March 21, 2011
RIO DE JANEIRO — With a crisis in Libya competing for his time, President Obama stuck to the agenda of his state tour of Brazil, arriving yesterday morning in a once-notorious slum that Brazilian officials now hold up as a symbol of a rejuvenated country.
Yeah, war never far from his mind.
“Welcome Obama,’’ a group of children said after the president and his entourage arrived in City of God, made famous by a 2002 Brazilian film of the same name. Obama kicked a soccer ball with pint-size boys and swayed to the beat of a samba performance at a makeshift community center.
Michelle Obama and their daughters, Sasha and Malia, accompanied the president as he got a firsthand look at a neighborhood long battered by crime and poverty but that, like Brazil itself, is now on the rise. Indeed, Brazilian officials have been eager to show how a new police initiative and the country’s strong economic growth have improved life even for the disenfranchised.
I guess they didn't let bankers rip them off for $14 TRILLION dollars.
It was the president’s first stop in a day in which the administration hoped to emphasize its commitment to building economic and diplomatic ties to Latin America’s biggest country. But never far from Obama’s mind was Libya....
Actually, it has been bothering me lately and making me sour.
ANOTHER F***ING WAR?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The operations against Libya’s strongman encroached on what Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton characterized as a vital trip for US diplomacy — a tour designed to improve sometimes strained relations with Brazil, the world’s seventh-largest economy and an important market for US products....
US companies are interested in lucrative contracts that will be awarded ahead of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, as well as the investments that will become available as Brazil works to develop deep-sea oil reserves off Rio’s coast. The White House also said Obama talked up Boeing F-18 jet fighters to Brazil’s new president, Dilma Rousseff, as Brazil weighs updating its air force fleet.
He's NOT THERE FOR JOBS!
He's there for CORPORATIONS, OIL, and WEAPONS SALES!!!
Still, there is disharmony on various issues. Rousseff gently chided the United States for its protectionist policies. And Obama did not endorse Brazil for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, a major initiative of Brazilian diplomacy.
He STUCK a THUMB in there eye?
Ah, the diplomatic touch of George W. Bush.
It also appears the United States will be unable to prod Brazil to share Washington’s efforts to isolate Iran, as that country moves forward with its nuclear program.
Yeah, and THAT is a REAL STICKING POINT for Israel's lieutenant.
But there was more than trade on Obama’s agenda....
Like enjoying himself while radiation sweeps the planet and he pocks Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia with missile strikes
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Time to move on to Chile:
"Obama praises Chile as shining example of transition to democracy; Urging region on, also refers to Mideast turmoil" by Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press / March 22, 2011
SANTIAGO, Chile — President Obama held up Latin America as a shining example for those in the Middle East fighting for democracy, while urging leaders in the region to recommit themselves to defending human rights and strengthening democratic institutions in their own countries.
Does anyone listen to that crap coming out his mouth anymore?
“At a time when people around the world are reaching for their freedoms, Chile shows that, yes, it is possible to transition from dictatorship to democracy, and to do so peacefully,’’ Obama said yesterday.
With no help from the U.S.
See: The Most Important Thing to Come Out of Chile
Operation Condor, huh?
Speaking at the midway point of his five-day tour of Latin America, Obama declared the region ready to take on more responsibility on the world stage, and said the United States no longer views it as one embroiled in perpetual conflict or trapped in endless cycles of poverty....
Then we have truly lost the region because those were the results of U.S. policies.
And I'm glad my government has dropped its prejudicial stereotypes.
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"Obama wraps up Central America trip" by Associated Press / March 23, 2011
SAN SALVADOR — President Obama vowed closer cooperation yesterday with the Central American nations where US policies on crime, immigration, and other issues have outsize influence on populations that depend heavily on their giant neighbor to the north.
Speaking in El Salvador, the final stop on his three-country Latin American tour and the only one in Central America, Obama promised to work on increasing trade and economic growth, fighting drug trafficking, and creating opportunities so that people can find opportunity in their home countries and “don’t feel like they have to head north to provide for their families.’’
“The United States will do our part’’ in combating the increasing scourge of drug trafficking, the president said, standing next to El Salvador’s president, Mauricio Funes, who welcomed Obama’s attention to the oft-overlooked region. Obama announced a new $200 million partnership with El Salvador to combat drug wars that have led to a spike in homicides here and in other Central American countries.
Yeah, too bad banks love drug loot.
Yet Obama’s five-day visit to Latin America has been overshadowed from the start by the war he’s running in faraway Libya, and just before the news conference started, the White House said Obama would be cutting his visit short....
He has his priorities.
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