Viva Chavez, Viva Morales, Viva la Izquierda!

[ProudDad]

The map is getting more red in the South!

Red is GOOD in South America.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/guides/456900/456942/html/nn1page1.stm

[IndianaGreen]

1. Having the US military bogged down in Iraq has helped a lot!

Bush no only does not have the military to re-colonize Latin America, but he doesn't even have the military to defeat Iran if he chooses to go to war against that country.

We are witnessing the last days of the Colossus of the North, "El Coloso del Norte."

A popular tale that describes the historical relationship between the US and Latin America is Juan José Arévalo's Fable of the Shark and the Sardines.

Google Translation:

The gold of California, once Mexican earth, had the providencial virtue to upset to the United States. Gold by tons in the Earth, gold fever in the souls. Rehílo of usury in the hands, that do not know where to settle; tremor of anxiety in the eyes, that do not hit upon with the precise horizon and the right course. Gold, more gold, much gold: the world is the gold gold, slopes, bracelets, rings, clocks, places setting, sets of teeth, bells, campanitas: the world is yellow, shining and tintinea metallically. Why the women will not be also of gold? Why not eaten it?

But that torrential wealth has difficulties: the gold of California must be transported to its manifest destiny: New York (the copper of Arizona also). The continental passage is uncertain, expensive, ventured, because in that terrestrial route they are the Mexican Indians and the Yankees. Better it would be to transfer it by sea. But not until Magallanes. We see the map: here -- you see -- in Central America. How many isthmuses possible of fracture to make interoceanic channels. A few calculations done by the bookkeeper, on the cost of the transports in one hundred years What cheap a channel and how surely! The gold shark watched with gluttony eyes the small Central American sardines.

"you see these so next Great Lakes of Nicaragua

to the pacifico that seems separated of him by losses

dunes. You see this narrow isthmus of Panama, province

Colombian, with this culebroso and muddy Chagres river

You watch Tehuantepec here, a throat that hopes

Squeeze of our hands. Everything so small so

Fragile, so sardine... And we, golden, the so powerful ones,

So audacious, so sharks."

Spanish version:

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://libreopinion.com/reducto/revista/ver2000/tiburon.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfabula%2Bdel%2Btiburon%2By%2Bla%2Bsardina%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D

LA FABULA DEL TIBURON Y LAS SARDINAS

Juan José Arévalo

Político y pensador Guatemalteco (1904- 1950)

El oro de California, otrora tierra mexicana, tuvo la virtud providencial de trastornar a los Estados Unidos. Oro por toneladas en la tierra, fiebre de oro en las almas. Rehílo de usura en las manos, que no saben dónde posarse; temblor de ansia en los ojos, que no atinan con el preciso horizonte y el justo rumbo. Oro, más oro, mucho oro: el mundo es el oro, pendientes, brazaletes, sortijas, relojes, cubiertos, dentaduras de oro, cascabeles, campanitas: el mundo es amarillo, brillante y tintinea metálicamente. ¿Por qué las mujeres no serán también de oro? ¿ Por qué no la comida?


Pero aquella riqueza torrencial tiene dificultades: el oro de California debe ser transportado a su destino manifiesto: Nueva York (el cobre de Arizona también). La travesía continental es insegura, costosa, aventurada, porque en esa ruta terrestre están los indios mexicanos y los yanquis. Mejor sería trasladarlo por mar. Pero no hasta Magallanes. Vemos el mapa: aquí --¿ve usted— en Centroamérica. Cuántos istmos posibles de fractura para fabricar canales interoceánicos. Unos cuantos cálculos hechos por el tenedor de libros, sobre el costo de los transportes en cien años ¡Qué barato un canal y cuán seguro! El tiburón de oro miraba con ojos de glotonería las pequeñas sardinas centroamericanas.

"ved estos grandes lagos de Nicaragua tan próximos

al pacifico que parecen separados de él por bajas

dunas. Ved este angosto istmo de Panamá, provincia

colombiana, con este río Chagres culebroso y cenagoso

Mirad aquí Tehuantepec, una garganta que espera el

Apretón de nuestras manos. Todo tan pequeño tan

Frágil, tan sardina ... Y nosotros, los áureos, tan poderosos,

Tan audaces, tan tiburones."

http://libreopinion.com/reducto/revista/ver2000/tiburon.htm

[Richard D]

6. me encanta el sur!

I love Latin America. It is a land of the heart. It is so good to see it changing into a place where the original people are regaining their powers.

[USA_1]

2. Bush said he wanted democracy everywhere ...

... and now he has it. So he better not complain!


IMPEACH BUSH!

[killbotfactory]

3. But they're all "Whackos"!*

That gives us the right to interfere violently!

*According to the independent maverick McCain

[Dogmudgeon]

4. The whole spectrum is changing

For instance, Ricardo Lagos, the outgoing "center-right" President of Chile, who was replaced by "center-left" Michelle Bachelet, was fairly progressive himself. (Keep in mind, though, I approve of any increase in Democratic Leftism.)

My sister-in-law is from Peru, and she says that the place has gotten much more progressive, too, although it's still nominally conservative. So change is even taking place inside the house of the "opposition".

Maybe soon we'll be singing Leonard Cohen's tune -- "Democracy is coming to the U-S-A".

--p!

[Hand]

5. Y viva Fidel! nt

[Bluesplayer]

7. Viva la Inquizicione!