U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton arrives at the Catam military airport in Bogota June 8, 2010.Hillary Clinton is on a two-day official visit to Colombia. REUTERS/John Vizcaino TOP STORY - Quite possibly the only decent piece of advice that a U.S. cabinet official has given Latin America in the last decade: Hillary tells the region to tax its rich (Associated Press)
Bolivia - Evo Morales hopeful of reestablishing full relations with Washington (MercoPress)
Brazil - Experts Call Brazil-Turkey Deal with Iran a "First Step" (Inter Press Service)
Brazil - Brazil's Rousseff rises in poll, ties with Serra (Reuters)
Colombia - Washington and the Colombian Elections (Huffington Post)
Colombia - Colombian Army Attacks Striking BP Workers (Upside World Down)
Ecuador - Correa and Clinton to dicuss US-Colombia bases pact (Colombia Reports)
Latin America - Taxing the Poor (Inter Press Service)
South America - Uruguay, Argentina to Cooperate on Energy, Environment (Latin American Herald Tribune)
World - UN Urges Veganism (Open Economics)
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HuffPost : Arizona Laws : Defeat of Republicans in November Elections : in California, and other swing Senate states like Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Nevada, Pennsylvania and even Arizona itself
Republicans are like Children playing with Fire, with the Fire of Racism, Prejudice, Hate and Fear, that strategy may backfire in the coming elections.
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Three Lessons From Tuesday's Primaries
June 9, 2010
By Robert Creamer
Robert Creamer has been a political organizer and strategist for almost four decades. He and his firm, the Strategic Consulting Group, work with many of the country’s most significant issue campaigns. He was one of the major architects and organizers of the successful campaign to defeat the privatization of Social Security. He is a consultant to the campaigns to end the war in Iraq, pass universal health care, change America’s budget priorities and enact comprehensive immigration reform. He has also worked on hundreds of electoral campaigns at the local, state and national level. Creamer is married to Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky from Illinois. Arianna Huffington calls his recent book, Stand Up Straight: How Progressives Can Win, a master’s class in electoral politics.
Three Lessons From Tuesday's Primaries
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-creamer/three-lessons-from-tuesda_b_605885.html
Some excerpts :
Lesson #3. It is increasingly clear the Arizona Immigration Law will damage Republican chances this fall.
The effects of Arizona's draconian "papers please" anti-immigration law are spreading like the oil from the BP's Deepwater Horizon.
Former HP Executive Carly Fiorina presents her self as stylish and 21st Century candidate, but she has taken a firm position supporting Arizona's SB 1070. Fiorina won the primary Tuesday to challenge Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer. After some equivocation, former ebay CEO Meg Whitman also firmly backed the "principles" of SB 1070. She was nominated after spending $81 million to challenge former Governor Jerry Brown who wants to return to the Executive Mansion in Sacramento.
Their positions on the Arizona law may have helped them win the nomination, but they may be the kiss of death in the general election. Over five million of California's twenty four million citizens of voting age (21.5%) are Hispanic. They will likely be a decisive block of voters in the fall elections -- and they consider the Arizona law as a direct personal assault.
Not only will their position on the Arizona law become an albatross among persuadable Hispanic voters, it may likely spur large scale Latino turnout. Three million of the five million citizens of voting age are "surge" voters that usually vote only in general elections. But the Arizona law -- and large scale voter mobilization campaigns in the Latino community -- will likely change that.
Support for the Arizona law could spell trouble for other Republicans as well -- not only in California, but in many other swing Senate states like Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Nevada, Pennsylvania and even Arizona itself.
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The Chicago City Council has approved a resolution calling for the city to boycott business with Arizona. The City Council's 46-3 vote endorses a resolution urging City Hall not to do business in the future with Arizona
Chicago Illinois : City council agrees to Arizona-based business ban
Amid comparisons to the laws in Nazi Germany that preceded the Holocaust, the Chicago City Council agreed Wednesday to stop doing business with Arizona-based companies to protest that state’s tough new immigration law.
Cook County ( comprising Chicago Illinois ) had already boycotted Arizona and recommended not to visit that State.
San Jose California : City Council votes 9-2 : denounces Arizona law, prohibits business trips by city employees to Arizona and supports legal challenges to SB1070 - Amherst, Massachusetts boycotts Arizona
These are the last additions to Condemnations and Boycotts of Arizona.
Recently : Los Angeles County, Cook County ( comprises Chicago Illinois ), Bloomington Indiana and Calexico California have boycotted Arizona.
Growing list of City Boycotters and City Condemners of Arizona : Austin TX, Berkeley CA, Boston MA, Boulder CO, Columbus OH , El Paso TX, Gallup NM, Hartford CT, Los Angeles CA, Oakland CA, Pasadena CA, Richmond CA, San Diego CA, San Pablo CA, St. Paul MN, Santa Monica CA, San Francisco CA, Seattle WA, West Hollywood CA, etc ...
Arizona Cities : Opposition to SB1070 from Flagstaff, Tucson and Nogales, Grave Worries expressed by City Councils of Bisbee and Sedona, Mayor of Phoenix opposes this law.
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Just curious... what do you think about R. Correa's words during H. Clinton's visit to Ecuador? They sounded very contradictory with his previous words - and actions.
Thanks.
Just curious... what do you think about R. Correa's words during H. Clinton's visit to Ecuador? They sounded very contradictory with his previous words - and actions.
You'll have to be more specific about what you think the contradictions are. Once you tell me what you think the contradictions are, I'll be able to comment.
Of course. My mistake.
President Rafael Correa said, with Ms. Clinton beside him, that he and the left that he represents are not anti-american, are not anti-capitalism and are not anti-imperialism.
We could debate whether such a thing is still called left, but that left aside, it is not something you would expect from a guy who declares himself an admirer of Ché Guevara, Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez, and who keeps close ties with Evo Morales, Daniel Ortega and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
In fact, is not something you would expect after hearing some of Correa's speeches, plainly. It is curious how the President changes his mind when he is next to the US' Secretary of State. I do find it very contradictory and would like to know your opinion.
Thanks.
President Rafael Correa said, with Ms. Clinton beside him, that he and the left that he represents are not anti-american, are not anti-capitalism and are not anti-imperialism.
Well, Chavez has also made the case that he's not "anti-American."
As I've tried to clarify in previous posts, there's a world of difference between opposing the prerogatives of the U.S. foreign policy establishment and being "anti-American." To me, the term "Anti-American" connotes a general antipathy to the totality of the United States and its people. For Correa to have challenged the prerogatives of the U.S. foreign policy establishment does not, in and of itself, qualify him as "Anti-American" because the U.S. foreign policy establishment does not represent the totality of the United States and its people.
So I don't really see any contradiction there.
Well, when Chávez says, and the video is linked in one of the comments of the post you mention, "Yankees de mierda" a few times, I wonder if that is aimed to "their foreign policy establishment" or if it could be taken as, according to your words, "a general antipathy to the totality of the United States and its people". It really points to the second one.
Let's face it, attacking the US is very popular in our countries and some politicians do it because it makes them popular as well. Many times I've heard the argument "well, yes, he does those things, but I support him because he opposes americans" to defend Fidel Castro or Hugo Chávez.
However, you might be right, probably Correa meant "I am against the US foreign policy establishment, but I do not feel a general antipathy to the totality of the US and its people" when he sat next to Ms. Clinton and said the words he said. In that case (if he opposes their policies) one might wonder why does he receive with high honours the person who is one of the responsibles of those very policies. It still seems contradictory to me.
But as for the other two points, which you completely "forgot" to mention... isn't there a contradiction for you in Rafael Correa saying that he is NOT against capitalism or against imperialism? I wonder how could there NOT be a contradiction there and would like to know your opinion, it's always good to know a different point of view.
Well, when Chávez says, and the video is linked in one of the comments of the post you mention, "Yankees de mierda" a few times, I wonder if that is aimed to "their foreign policy establishment" or if it could be taken as, according to your words, "a general antipathy to the totality of the United States and its people". It really points to the second one.
I disagree. The "yanquis de mierda" quote was taken out of context. Chavez was clearly referring to U.S. elites who meddle in Venezuela's affairs for questionable reasons. Chavez was not referring to the totality of the United States and its people.
Let's face it, attacking the US...
None of these leaders are "attacking the US." They are challenging the prerogatives of the U.S. foreign policy establishment. The distinction happens to be important.
In that case (if he opposes their policies) one might wonder why does he receive with high honours the person who is one of the responsibles of those very policies.
There isn't a leader in Latin America who wouldn't receive Hillary Clinton with honors. Not Chavez. Not Castro. Not any leader. All are open to engagement with American policy-makers. The issue is that U.S. policy-makers are not open to engagement with all of the Latin American Left. U.S. policy-makers are open to engagement with some leaders of the Latin American Left because they want to divide the Latin American Left. That's what the Clinton-Correa meeting was all about. It's not going to work, though, because Correa is not that pliable.
If Correa said he's not against imperialism, he was probably misstating his own position. I have my doubts that he actually said that, though.
As for the purported statement about capitalism, Correa has always been clear that he sees an important role for markets and entrepreneurship in his vision of socialism, so it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he said he wasn't "against capitalism."
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Hola,
I was curious about your thoughts on the coup attempt in Ecuador? Any hinting going on that there was a US role? Also I posted a comment on the exchange between you and Gunson if you have a sec. Cheers!
HuffPost : Arizona Laws : Defeat of Republicans in November Elections : in California, and other swing Senate states like Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Nevada, Pennsylvania and even
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