June 6, 2005
WHY NOT DISAPPEAR HIM:
Rice demands Latin America reform (BBC, 6/06/05)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called for greater intervention by the Organization of American States in promoting democracy in Latin America.Opening an OAS summit in Florida, she highlighted concerns over political crises in Bolivia, Ecuador and Haiti.
Private groups and individuals should be able to raise concerns with the OAS to help monitor democracy, she said.
But Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused the United States of seeking to impose a "global dictatorship". [...]
The rhetorical clash with Venezuela was expected, but she will further rile President Chavez when she meets a fierce opponent of his government, Maria Corina Machado, on Monday.
The two countries are also expected to clash over the fate of the terror suspect Luis Posada Carriles.
Venezuela wants him extradited for alleged involvement in the bombing of a Cuban plane in 1976, in which 73 people died.
The US has so far only charged him with immigration offences.
Posted by Orrin Judd at June 6, 2005 6:16 AM
It's all Catholic or evangelical Christian. What could possibly need fixing?
Posted by: Harry Eagar at June 6, 2005 3:39 PMMarxist remnants.
Posted by: oj at June 6, 2005 3:52 PMHarry: You, heart and mind and soul!
Posted by: Phil at June 6, 2005 10:31 PMHarry doesn't remember the 70s.
Posted by: Sandy P. at June 6, 2005 11:14 PMThe whole program of Orrin's blog is to persuade people that mindless religion is the way to the better life, here and hereafter.
Well, look around. There are plenty of places where mindless religion permeates people's lives, Latin America as much as anyplace.
To say 'remnant marxism' does not answer the question -- if they're so religious, why are they so poor, miserable, backward and unfree?
Posted by: Harry Eagar at June 7, 2005 2:34 PMColonialism and Marxism. Places like Costa Rica and Chile function perfectly well once they get rid of them.
Posted by: oj at June 7, 2005 3:05 PM