Condi goes south

and you can take that to mean whatever you want...

Condoleezza Rice will soon depart on her first tour of South America as secretary of state, ...her opportunity to forge a common approach with the United States' democratic allies. Such a multilateral effort...won't be easy given the Bush administration's poor reputation in the region, its differences with the leftist governments of Chile and Brazil, and the continuing obstructionism of Mr. Chavez. But it is the best way to help countries such as Ecuador and arrest a dangerous trend.

the boldface is mine... when i read words like "leftist governments" and "arrest a dangerous trend," here's what comes to mind:

• nicaragua, where ex-sandinista president daniel ortega is trying again for the presidency, this time in a democratic process
• mexico and the arrest of the very popular lopez obrador with the 2006 presidential election looming large
• hugo chavez in venezuela who despises the mega-corporations and their global influence
  
• argentina's center-left president kirchner who is defying the imf and, by extension, the G7, the world bank, and the u.s. treasury
• the contras, the cia, e. howard hunt, ollie north, and the "two johns" - poindexter and negroponte
• salvador allende, the cia, and the chilean "disappeareds"
  
• manuel noriega and the invasion of panama

it will be interesting to see what condi does on her trip now that she's stomped on vladimir with her high-heeled boots... (btw, she's going to be visiting brazil, chile, colombia and el salvador...)

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