Well, of course, the US rescued Puerto Rico from the
Spanish. ;)
And, even there, on Friday nights everyone's an independentista.
Hal
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On Mar 14, 2007, at 9:08 AM, Mark Weiss wrote:
> I think it's fair to say that while many Latin Americans admire or
> envy the US and would like to live here for various reasons almost
> all, even the power elites that we sustain, hate the United States
> as an entity, and with good reason. We have taken whatever lands we
> wanted. We have repeatedly invaded Latin American countries that
> threatened "American interests," which often meant one company, and
> imposed horrific regimes. We have promoted the overthrow of
> democratic governments. And we are currently starving out farmers.
> The last positive thing the US did for Latin America (and of course
> our self-interest was at stake, but at least it was broader than
> corporate interest) was Lincoln's letting the French know that he
> wouldn't tolerate their reinforcing Maximilian in Mexico. W is in a
> long tradition.
>
> Mark
>
> At 10:58 AM 3/14/2007, you wrote:
>> And especially not George W Bush's 'us' if the clips on CBC TV
>> news are anything to go by...
>>
>> Doug
>> On 13-Mar-07, at 7:12 PM, Mark Weiss wrote:
>>
>>> But of course it's not a contest. Increasingly Portuguese
>>> speakers and Spanish speakers of the educated classes learn each
>>> other's languages, and they tend to see themselves as a part of
>>> the same cultural unit, i.e., not us.
>> Douglas Barbour
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>>
>> Fame tends to be a lot of shits
>> thinking you're no longer a threat.
>>
>> Valerie Raworth
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