Iraq War,Trade Weigh Heavy as a Testy Latin America Awaits Bush at Summit

[Judi Lynn]

Iraq War, Trade Weigh Heavy as a Testy Latin America Awaits Bush at Summit of the Americas
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By Alan Clendenning Associated Press Writer

Published: Oct 29, 2005

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Long gone are the days of heavily armed revolutionaries wandering the jungles of Nicaragua or Bolivia and the cry of "Yankee Go Home!" on the streets of Latin America.

Since the end of the Cold War, military dictatorships have vanished and the region for the most part has embraced capitalism and American-style democracy. But that doesn't mean it's entirely at peace with "El Norte," its powerful northern neighbor.

When President Bush arrives this week at the Argentine seaside resort of Mar del Plata for the fourth Summit of the Americas, leftist activists, students, Indians and trade unionists will gather at a basketball stadium several miles away to protest everything from the war in Iraq to U.S. immigration policy to free trade deals.

"We think his policies are totally contrary to what we want for Latin America and are promoting genocide, domination of workers and their communities and the plundering of natural resources," said Argentine labor leader Juan Gonzalez, who is heading a protest "People's Summit" coinciding with Bush's visit Thursday through Saturday.
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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBETCE5EFE.html

[SpiralHawk]

1. Bush is going to get a Major Spanking SA

They are going to protest his corrupt Global Dominionist Fascism like it has never been protested before.

[acmavm]

2. That's bush**, hated where ever he goes. Just wonder where he and

the little woman will be able to vacation when he's out of office. There won't be a place on earth where they won't run into people that hate them. I wonder what it would be like to be one of the most hated people on earth? Even in his own country?

[Miss Chybil]

3. They're not very worldly people. If he didn't HAVE to travel outside

the US as president, he wouldn't. Do you remember how long it took for him to go on his first foreign trip? He's afraid of "other" people.

[Judi Lynn]

4. You remember they claimed he was the victem of death threats

during his visit to Colombia.

Colombian official: Rebels plotted to kill Bush
FARC leaders allegedly ordered assassination during Argentina visit

Updated: 12:31 p.m. ET Nov. 27, 2004
BOGOTA, Colombia - President Bush was targeted for assassination by Colombia’s biggest Marxist rebel group this week when he visited the Caribbean port city of Cartagena, a top Colombian official said on Saturday.

“According to informants and various sources, we had information indicating that various members of the FARC had been instructed by their leaders to make an attempt against President Bush,” Defense Secretary Jorge Alberto Uribe told reporters.

He would not be drawn out on the details of the threat.
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There was heavy security in Cartagena when Bush visited the city on Monday on his way back from the APEC forum in Chile. Military helicopters packed with armed soldiers flew over Bush’s motorcade while naval vessels kept watch offshore. Many shops were shuttered.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6594646/

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......and, of course, you remember he was quartered on a U.S. carrier, where he hid from Osama bin Laden during his trip to the G8 in Genoa, amid riots, and the killing of a protestor. Gee, that seems long ago, doesn't it? Like at least 10 years.

[fshrink]

5. Expect excellent pearls from this one...

The idiot cracks under minimal pressure.