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MELEE
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 Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:51 pm Post subject: Interesting news story |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/latin_america/newsid_4873000/4873678.stm
Hey everyone, I found this interesting news story about the US relations with Latin America. I've kind of been out of touch with the news lately, so maybe its old news to the rest of you? Its in Spanish, but it comes from the BBC, so maybe they have a similar story in English for those of you who don't read Spanish yet. |
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Guy Courchesne
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MO39
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Melee and Guy,
Thanks for the info about this very informative article. None of the news it contains was that new to me, but it is a useful summary of political trends in Latin America over the past few years.
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sickbag
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Pollux
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An interesting book by John Perkins might give you some insight for these popular movements. If you're interested, listen, watch, or read this interview with the author on Democracynow.org.
http://www.globalpublicmedia.com/interviews/188
How do Ecuadorians remember Roldos and his time as president? |
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Justin Trullinger
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| How do Ecuadorians remember Roldos and his time as president? |
Mixed, very mixed. Many feel that his hidrocarbons act would have had extremely positive implications for the Ecuador of today. But at the same time, some of his other acts were less well understood. His assertion that the Summer Institute of Linguistics were CIA operatives, working on behalf of foreign interests, is generally seen as paranoid. (I'm middle of the road here- most of the people at Summer were probably sincere missionaries. But their organisation did a great job in getting the indigenous people off oil rich lands...) He made some enemies by throwing Summer out of the country, in any case.
Another factor that clouds the waters is his brother in law- Abdal� Bucar�m. In the wake of Roldos death, Sr Bucar�m, the brother of Mrs Rold�s, used the famous Rold�s name to establish the "Roldosista" party, and to propel himself to the head of it- and eventually to the presidency. Unfortunately for all involved, Bucar�m was a lunatic and a crook, and was thrown out in disgrace- there is still famous video footage around of him leaving the capital building with hefty bags filled with cash. This did no favours to the image of Rold�s, though as he was dead you could hardly say he was implicated in any of it.
One of the front runners, and in my opinion the "thinking person's candidate" in the next presidential election is Leon Rold�s, the former president's kid brother. And he looks like a possibility, with most polls putting him in first, second, or third place. He'll have a hard time competing with the money and influence of Alvaro Noboa, another leading candidate, who is a member of one of Ecuador's wealthiest and most influential families, but he's got a chance.
�Viva la revoluci�n!
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Justin Trullinger
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