Why Should Anyone Doubt Nancy Pelosi's Patriotism?
Well, maybe it's because she nuzzles America's enemies like a friendly puppy, while stabbing allies in the back.
Labels: Columbia, Free Trade, Nancy Pelosi, Protectionism
"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." - Plato
Well, maybe it's because she nuzzles America's enemies like a friendly puppy, while stabbing allies in the back.
Labels: Columbia, Free Trade, Nancy Pelosi, Protectionism
Not only are the Democrats giving Hugo Chavez tax breaks, now they're undermining his opponents in South America.
What is it about Democrats and Hugo Chávez? Even as the Venezuelan strongman was threatening war last week against Colombia, Congress was threatening to hand him a huge strategic victory by spurning Colombia's free trade overtures to the U.S.
This isn't the first time Democrats have come to Mr. Chávez's aid, but it would be the most destructive. The Venezuelan is engaged in a high-stakes competition over the political and economic direction of Latin America. He wants the region to follow his path of ever greater state control of the economy, while assisting U.S. enemies wherever he can. He's already won converts in Bolivia and Ecuador, and he came far too close for American comfort in Mexico's election last year.
Meanwhile, Colombian President Álvaro Uribe is embracing greater economic and political freedom. He has bravely assisted the U.S fight against narco-traffickers, and he now wants to link his country more closely to America with a free-trade accord. As a strategic matter, to reject Colombia's offer now would tell everyone in Latin America that it is far more dangerous to trust America than it is to trash it.
The gringos will ask for an appointment with the minister to solicit him to communicate to us his interest in discussing these topics. They say that the new president of their country will be Obama and that they are interested in your compatriots. Obama will not support "Plan Colombia" nor will he sign the TLC (Colombian Free Trade agreement). Here we responded that we are interested in relations with all governments in equality of conditions and that in the case of the US it is required a public pronouncement expressing their interest in talking with the FARC given their eternal war against us.
Labels: Columbia, Democrats, FARC, Free Trade, Hugo Chavez
Barack Obama says he's in favor of free trade, except for the free trade that exists now.
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama assured U.S. trading partners on Sunday that he did not oppose free trade despite making increasingly critical comments about multilateral deals such as NAFTA.
Labels: Barack Obama, Free Trade, NAFTA