Bolivia nationalization further sidelines US

[Judi Lynn]

Bolivia nationalization further sidelines US
By Saul Hudson
10 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - By nationalizing Bolivia's energy industry, President Evo Morales lived up to a pledge to be Washington's nightmare and highlighted waning U.S. influence in Latin America.

Last week's action from the leftist, whose allies are U.S. adversaries Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuban leader Fidel Castro, was another step in the region's retreat from U.S.-prescribed free-market economics.

And the United States can do little to stem a tide of Latin American voters turning to leftists like Morales who rail at free trade and foreign investment for failing to improve the lives of the region's impoverished majority.

"It is a genie that is not going to be put back in the bottle," said Peter Hakim, head of the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based think tank.
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[IndianaGreen]

1. Americans should thinking of Latin America as their own private domain

where they can have cheap sex and booze, and they can take what they want whenever they want. America has never recovered from losing her slaves, so she seeks out new slaves to exploit elsewhere around the world.

[dipsydoodle]

2. Out of curiousity

are you actually aware of noticing any products, fruit juices , coffee etc, clearly marked as Free Trade or similar, in your supermarkets ? That is so in the UK.

edit was some comical spelling errors only.

[RufusEarl]

3. I have to applaud leader's who

put the needs of their people and country before any thing else.

[cliss]

4. Bolivia did it -

only because the Empire is distracted elsewhere. I've read that the US has meddled SO much for SO long that the continent never had a chance to be free.

All that has changed.

Sure enough, we're seeing the change. I'm really happy for them, to finally throw off their shackles. These people have suffered a very long time, and they deserve the good things that are happening down there.