Latin America Sends Obama Qualified Congratulations


	Latin America Sends Obama Qualified Congratulations

jimbo1000

11-15-2008 2:49 PM

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us foreign policy, south america, central america

jimbo1000 says:

A comprehensive article setting out the hopes of all the political leaders in south and central america

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When nations like Bolivia or Ecuador refused to toe the line, the Bush administration applied measures designed to economically and diplomatically isolate those nations, divide the continent, and promote domestic opposition.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://americas.irc-online.org/am/5654?utm_source=streamsend&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1845451&utm_campaign=%5BAmericas%20Updater%5D%20Obama%2C%20Larry%20Summers%2C%20Latin%20America%20and%20Immigration%2C%20U.S.%20out%20of%20Ecuador%2C%20Buenos%20Aires%20Poor">Latin American leaders placed conditions and qualifications on their congratulations. Lula in Brazil and Evo Morales in Bolivia called for an end to the "unjustifiable" embargo against Cuba</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://americas.irc-online.org/am/5654?utm_source=streamsend&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1845451&utm_campaign=%5BAmericas%20Updater%5D%20Obama%2C%20Larry%20Summers%2C%20Latin%20America%20and%20Immigration%2C%20U.S.%20out%20of%20Ecuador%2C%20Buenos%20Aires%20Poor"><P></p> <P><A href="http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-114565-2008-11-06.html">Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner</A> called Obama's election "a great moment</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://americas.irc-online.org/am/5654?utm_source=streamsend&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1845451&utm_campaign=%5BAmericas%20Updater%5D%20Obama%2C%20Larry%20Summers%2C%20Latin%20America%20and%20Immigration%2C%20U.S.%20out%20of%20Ecuador%2C%20Buenos%20Aires%20Poor">Hugo Chavez stated his hope "<A href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/international/newsid_7709000">to build a constructive bilateral agenda</A>" with the new President</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/1F715412-3CE4-4F7A-8936-85816FA7B4EA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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