This month's controversial knife-edge win for the conservative Partido de Acción Nacional candidate, Filipe Calderon, in the Mexican elections is yet another sign that two political spheres exist in Latin America. In Mexico, Central America and Colombia, Washington's hegemony remains strong and the region's politics align accordingly. Meanwhile, in South America increasing autonomy is leading to the formation of a political community based loosely around a Brazilian-Argentinean axis.
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Funny and amateurish article !!!! written by ch.c.,
July 23, 2006
Are Brazil, Argentina and all other S.A. countries, including Bolivia, not looking to sell goods, free of trade barriers to the U.S.A., but reluctant to do the same for American goods ???
Just read what Brazil is saying about the 54 cents of taxes the U.S. is charging for Brazilian ethanol. This represents only 13,5 cents per liter but Brazil is trying tol hjave the USA cancels this tax, of course not providing something else in return for reciprocity !
Look at Morales, the leftist and anti "neo liberalist" who wants to talk to the USA because Bolivia has goods to sell !!!!
The sad reality is that all S.A.countries are anti neo liberalists ONLY on their imports, but wishes that the neo liberalists be even more neo liberalists when it concerns Their exports. This is also exactly what is happening at the WTO !!!!
And it is EVEN MORE STRANGE BECAUSE ALL S.A.countries ALREADY HAVE A HUGE TRADE SURPLUS WITH EVERY DEVELOPED NATIONS !!!!!!
BUT.....THIS IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM ! THEY EXPECT DEVELOPED NATIONS TO HAVE EVEN LARGER AND LARGER TRADE DEFICITS. They expect developed nations to make the investments for industries to be created in their developping nations so that they could export to the developed nations !!!!! At no cost....of course, and no reciprocity....but just more critics !!!!
Brazil is in negotiation already for years with the EU for a FTA with them, but guess what they want ! One way trade is on their mind.
A joke and full of lies those who pretend to be against a FTA or the FTAA !!! They are simply crooks using populist arguments.
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Off the mark written by Weekend thinker,
July 23, 2006
Equating the election of right-of-centre governments north of Colombia to Washingtonian hegemony and speaking of a Brazil-Argentina axis on account of left-wing governments in both countries is off the mark. The article itself contains good examples, namely the long list of contentious points it lists, not to mention Argentina continually slapping new barriers to Brazilian products. However, I believe Uruguay's and Paraguay's 'separatist' grumbles are mostly an effort to put pressure on the bigger Mercosur partners, and do not mean they will ditch Mercosur in the near future.
Unfortunately, Mercosur fits into Lula's fantasies of uniting the world's poor (a 40-year-old chimera, by the way, first espoused by General Geisel). I believe this romanticism makes Kirchner feel he can safely slap barriers on Brazilian products. Moreover, Argentina's president has enthusiastically supported rushing the entry of Venezuela into Mercosur as a full member. Given Venezuela's completely different economy, Chávez's lust for another platform for his antiamerican harangues, and the complete lack of adaptation that preceded the joining (unlike the years-long waiting periods in the EU), I can only see Kirchner's initiative as an attempt to scuttle the block, and thereby avoid having Brazil as its leader. At the very least, he wants to get the Argentine house in order to be able to negotiate economic integration from a stronger position.
Recent talk of Cuba's joining Mercosur would further damage the prospects of north-south integration, and thereby weaken the block. Kirchner will probably embrace it enthusiastically.
For something like 210 million people, this means oodles of lost economic opportunity. Pity...
Recent talk of Cuba's joining Mercosur would further damage the prospects of north-south integration, and thereby weaken the block. Kirchner will probably embrace it enthusiastically.
For something like 210 million people, this means oodles of lost economic opportunity. Pity...
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... written by wizard,
November 23, 2006
What the f*ck are these gringos doing in this website hanging over ready to shoot their s**t onto any news that seems to praise Brazil for any achievement? We're not willing to take this s*ht from you, look for your own website to bash yourselves for your own miseries.
This month's controversial knife-edge win for the conservative Partido de Acción Nacional candidate, Filipe Calderon, in the Mexican elections is yet another sign that two political spheres exist in Latin America. In Mexico, Central America and Colombia, Washington's hegemony remains strong and the region's politics align accordingly. Meanwhile, in South America increasing autonomy is leading to the formation of a political community based loosely around a Brazilian-Argentinean axis. 
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Just read what Brazil is saying about the 54 cents of taxes the U.S. is charging for Brazilian ethanol. This represents only 13,5 cents per liter but Brazil is trying tol hjave the USA cancels this tax, of course not providing something else in return for reciprocity !
Look at Morales, the leftist and anti "neo liberalist" who wants to talk to the USA because Bolivia has goods to sell !!!!
The sad reality is that all S.A.countries are anti neo liberalists ONLY on their imports, but wishes that the neo liberalists be even more neo liberalists when it concerns Their exports. This is also exactly what is happening at the WTO !!!!
And it is EVEN MORE STRANGE BECAUSE ALL S.A.countries ALREADY HAVE A HUGE TRADE SURPLUS WITH EVERY DEVELOPED NATIONS !!!!!!
BUT.....THIS IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM ! THEY EXPECT DEVELOPED NATIONS TO HAVE EVEN LARGER AND LARGER TRADE DEFICITS. They expect developed nations to make the investments for industries to be created in their developping nations so that they could export to the developed nations !!!!! At no cost....of course, and no reciprocity....but just more critics !!!!
Brazil is in negotiation already for years with the EU for a FTA with them, but guess what they want ! One way trade is on their mind.
A joke and full of lies those who pretend to be against a FTA or the FTAA !!!
They are simply crooks using populist arguments.