"The Sixth Summit will mark a before and after relations between the European Union and Latin America." Claimed that shortly before the conclusion of the meeting in Madrid last May, the English Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega. Did anyone notice the change? Hardly.
The absence of leaders were the first sign that it would not. On the European side at the summit were only 14 of the 27 presidents, prime ministers or heads of state of the European Union. For Latin America and the Caribbean, 19 from a total of more than 30. Spain, always claiming to be the "natural bridge" between both regions sought to join a little in its favor to crown his presidency of the European Union. But once again, his clumsiness in foreign policy
was about to show his inability to be that "bridge." The English government had no better idea to invite the summit Porfirio Lobo, the Honduran president emerged from an election that was not allowed to participate in the legitimate president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, deposed by a military coup on June 28, 2009.
Lobo, with the approval of the Obama Administration, hastened to join his cabinet with representatives of the coup, to declare an amnesty for those who overthrew by force of arms Zelaya and reward with the appointment of deputy leader for life of these, Roberto Micheletti, who had temporarily occupied the presidential chair Zelaya once ousted from power. During the year since the coup, died of dozens of police repression of Zelaya, and at least seven journalists troublesome for the regime. The Human Rights Commission of the UN and humanitarian organizations such as Amnesty International denounced the brutal repression that was taking place, but there were no convictions or the United States or the European Union. Spain and the rest of the EU denounced the coup initially with small mouth, but although the U.S. officially recognized the wolf as president, thereby giving shelve the issue, the EU withdrew its agenda the "Honduran case." However, virtually all countries of Latin America and the Caribbean continued to denounce the coup and the subsequent farce, it was also fear the precedent of what would Obama's future policy for the area.
Therefore, Lobo invite to the summit, not even fathom the ground between Latin American countries was a serious blunder of English diplomacy. Several Latin American and Caribbean leaders immediately warned that it would not come to the Madrid summit if it was participating Lobo. Contrary to what one might think, it was Chavez who threatened to boycott the summit, but Lula da Silva, who as head of the regional subpotencia could not admit defeat after he assumed personal failing to regain power Zelaya After his return to Honduras to organize and host it for months in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. In the Moncloa Palace in Santa Cruz and the Zarzuela, there was tension and bustle to attempt to remedy such an error. Finally managed to convince Wolf to be content with only participate in a mini-summit in Madrid, the EU would keep the Central American countries to lay the groundwork for a free trade agreement. The waters subsided, but still,
several leaders, including Hugo Chavez decided not to attend the event, with that gesture, showing how little importance they attached.
Chávez, the major driver of regional organizations independent of the new type in the area in the last decade, has always criticized the unequal relationship that persists between rich Europeans and Latin America and the Caribbean, and is even supporter the disappearance not only of the OAS (Organization of American States, which involved U.S.), but also of the annual Ibero-American Summit "Why do not you shut up", promoted mainly by Spain, with strong commercial interests and
Financial in the area. Neither attended the Sixth Summit of Madrid the Uruguayan José Mugica, or Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega or Raul Castro, among others.
Steeped in a deep economic and financial crisis and demonstrated the weakness of its institutions, the EU could only see the top supposed to be positive for Latin America and the Caribbean, an area is stronger than Europe's rich shake the economic and financial crisis. At least since 2002 and until the subprime crisis was felt strongly in the region in 2008-especially the sharp declines in the price of oil, gas, copper, soybeans and other commodities, the area experienced a period of sustained growth, not inflation, a real reduction in poverty rates, employment creation and debt reduction.
Several Latin American leaders, like Evo Morales, Cristina Fernandez and Lula da Silva himself, were pleased to remind members of the rich Europe's ultra-liberal recipes developed world arrogant served very little when the bubble finally burst in which they were assembled, and that in all the capital ran to seek refuge under the umbrella of State daddy who habitually insult both in order to save its banks and companies crisis.
"We've had," said the president of Argentina in his closing remarks, the spokesman of the Latin American bloc, "especially in South America, a performance against this global crisis much better than might be expected political processes are often not understood, it may not meet the formal categories of thought, or at least so far official. "Cristina Fernandez also made an appeal to multilateralism and criticized" the adoption, for a long time, unique thoughts and unique recipes applicable to everyone equally, whatever the size of its economy or the development of their society " .
"When the Berlin Wall fell," he added, "it seemed that every different idea could not be discussed, it was even announced to the story, but no, the story never ends, always is and always is transformed. " Despite Europe's interest for that region, the absence of so many EU leaders at the Sixth Summit demonstrated the lack of expectation that had to close the gap in between the two blocs. Relations have made little progress in the last decade.
Europe reacted late to the U.S. initiative in the early 90's known as the "Washington Consensus" and intended to impose neoliberal governments in the area turn a series of trade measures, financial and social to facilitate the hegemony total. In 1995, the year in which President Bill Clinton launched at a summit in Miami its proposed FTAA (Free Trade Area of \u200b\u200bthe Americas), when the European Council presented its proposal for "agreements Association (ADA, the term adopted to distance themselves from the bad image they have U.S. FTAs) with both major countries in the region and with its various
regional economic blocs. This proposal would many other similar or complementary to 2005. In that year took place in Mar del Plata, Argentina, FTAA burial at the Fourth Summit of the Americas. It was precisely the year that the U.S. intended to come into force. The clash between the new Latin America, with a majority of progressive governments at the time, and U.S. imperialism, was reflected there. Not only the leaders of the "Axis of evil "in Latin America face up to the U.S.. but also those of countries like Brazil or Argentina, who did not accept to implement the FTAA, knowing the black precedent that led to the signing of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. and Canada in 1994, and the extent to which EE States refused to stop subsidizing their farmers further.
was one of the big slam he received Bush "junior" in the face during his eight years in office. That same year the European Union charged again, felt it was her time to intensify its offensive in the region. Spain, individually, was already gaining ground in the area for years, since the 90's, with Felipe González in power, when, thanks to the privatization of large public companies by corrupt local governments neoliberal got a dozen of the most powerful banks and former English public did the control major public services of much of Latin America. Spain thus became
the second foreign investor in the region, just behind Unidos.Europa States would not be excluded from the spoils and thought he had found his chance from 11-S, when the United States neglected area concentrate the bulk of their energies and resources in wars Iraq and Afghanistan and everything related to his crusade against terror.
was in December 2005 when it vanished in the FTAA project when the EU launched its "Strategy for a strengthened partnership between the European Union and Latin America."
Your offer, however, found the ground as fertile as expected. Latin America and the Caribbean saw the European proposal ultimately did not differ substantially from the U.S.. It was not anything but an asymmetric relation, a FTAA European. The European Union demanded-and-release and open calls for total savings Latin America to European products, without denying the other hand continue to maintain their subsidies and exports, in turn putting prices and draconian conditions for entry into Europe for Latin American products. Latin America and the Caribbean also have new international dating, especially China but also Russia. For China, Latin America and today represents nearly half of the direct investments have abroad. China is interested in gas, copper, oil, soybeans and other products are there in the region.
The European Union reached the last summit in Madrid less successful than that assumed Spain, and those who were not held in its General Assembly but in the six bilateral and sub-regional mini-summits were held that day. The most claimed by Spain, with which he felt he had saved the guy, was the elanzamiento trade negotiations between the EU and Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, which is soon expected to join Venezuela and Bolivia) , blocked since 2004 by the constraints set by Europe. Despite opposition from Italy, Ireland and France, among others, the talks were initiated. The achievement was reduced to that, restarting the dialogue. A majority of European countries want to put the tooth in that market of 270 million people, would be expanded further with the entry of Venezuela and Bolivia. Today these two countries have the status of Associated States, including Colombia, Peru, Chile and Ecuador. The Summit did manage to close a Partnership Agreement between the European Unionor Central American countries. The treaty signed by the EU to El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama, was quickly criticized not only by popular organizations, but also by producers and managers in the majority of these Central American countries. The EU also closed
Partnership Agreements with Peru and Colombia, which business for years. These agreements were made outside the Andean Community of Nations (CAN, successor of the Andean Pact), which was criticized by Evo Morales and Rafael Correa, who said that their countries would not follow those steps. Morales and Correa, like other Latin American leaders, they condemned a long time that the pressures and urgencies of the EU to sign treaties fully address the spirit of regional integration that attempts to break into the region. The People's Alternative Summit held in Madrid just before the official summit criticized these agreements in line with social and human rights.
regional spirit, which has resulted in the last decade to the creation of new bodies in the area, is the greatest stumbling block to that found
both Europe and America to make deals with blocks, so often opt for the "divide and conquer", entering into bilateral agreements with countries willing to accept its conditions. In Latin America and the Caribbean Governments disparate realities coexist. While ultra-liberal right is rampant in countries like Colombia, Mexico, Chile and others, there are countries like Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay, who are trying to drastically reduce the disproportionate volume of imports from developed countries.
None of these attempts or other economic measures adopted by these countries is framed within a real question of the production system, or move in practice to that proclaimed "socialism of the XXI century", despite the ingenuity of some left who thinks so. The significant changes made by countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia or Ecuador in the structure of the State and institutions, in the great prominence gained by farmers and indigenous and greater participation in public life and community of millions of neglected, has not coheres so far with a questioning of the system capitalist.
Yes they are real but the progress made in the last decade towards the formation of a regional consciousness in Latin America and the Caribbean, starting with the momentum of the ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America) by Hugo Chavez and involving Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba, Ecuador, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Commonwealth of Dominica. The proposal, launched by Chávez in 2001 and start to walk in 2004, has the stated aim of ending poverty and social exclusion in the region, working in the trade and economic field as in the human rights in the fight against illiteracy, environmental protection, social communication and science. The ALBA introduced the figure of TCP (People's Trade Treaty) to try to maximize the potential of each member country. ALBA, which has for years proposed move towards a single currency, the sucre, has been in turn driving the structure of other projects such as Telesur, in the field of social communication, or Petrosur and Petrocaribe in terms of energy, organisms now allow the supply of Venezuelan oil at preferential rates to all countries in the area, decreasing or done away with its dependence on foreign multinationals, U.S. and Europe. To complete the plan of energy sovereignty of the region is planning the construction of pipelines, so it still prevails on the part of progressive governments, a concept essentially extractive, which if not corrected can be so damaging to the environment and many stocks such as Amazon deforestation for agrofuels holding Lula da Silva for years. Da Silva has changed his once-promised land reform
its devotion to the god green oil, biodiesel. However, members of the ALBA countries have pledged to begin a process of transition to a sustainable economy promoting renewable energy. Ecuador is the country most advanced in this regard through initiatives in the environmental field including non-use of all resources of oil, gas and coal that the country, and a strong eco-tax on carbon dioxide emissions .
South Bank, another initiative aimed at promoting Chávez claims to development and as an alternative to the World Bank and IDB (IDB) whose members include Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The South Bank has opened a special line of loans for projects of socio-environmental.
UNASUR is itself an ambitious project launched by Lula da Silva, which brings together so far to Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Guyana and Suriname, which aims to become a real substitute of the current OAS, with multiple areas of activity, ranging 10 WIND SOUTH 111/Julio 2010 Number
from economic, political, social, employment, immigration, education and so on. Without doubt, the ALBA and the complex network of sectoral structures which has been taking place, with Petrocaribe, Petrosur, South Bank UNASUR beginning to appear, despite his budding career, increasingly troublesome for foreign capital, accustomed for years to not know any limit to their actions and their benefits. Any decision to nationalize the oil or other sources of raw materials by a country, bringing about important changes in the rules for foreign companies in that sector. Large English companies in the region, often hegemonic form, such as Repsol, Endesa, Union Fenosa, Iberdrola, Gas Natural, Telefónica, BBVA and Banco Santander, obtained in the area a significant amount of their total profits, so that any government decision to a Latin American country or regional organization that would alter the commercial arena, financial, or legal work that must be secured, can pose significant falls in trading on the stock market and millions in losses.
If EU level large European companies with investments abroad are feeling the pressure and influence with the EU authorities across the European employers' confederations in Spain, the handful of companies makes a star through the CEOE and other means on the central government, also having great support from the media.
They help with your notes, opinion columns and editorials to demonize and rebel leaders caricacturizar Latin America and praise the virtuosity of the likes of Alvaro Uribe, Alan García, Felipe Calderón and Sebastián Piñera. Until someone like Lula da Silva has gone from being a "moderate copy" to be treated as a suspicious character, after snub to the U.S. to defend Iran, its harsh denunciation of the coup in Honduras, or his untimely idea of \u200b\u200bUNASUR . And they have encountered with the giant of South America, knows it and tries to take advantage of it, turning Brazil into a regional subpotencia imperial air.
English media group that arguably more influence to create an interestingly distorted image of reality Latin America and the Caribbean, which permeates political environments, economic and of the millions of their readers, listeners and viewers, there is, paradoxically, none of which are behind the most rancid on the right, and La Razón, ABC, The Gazette and El Mundo. Is the Grupo Prisa. And is that "holding" has strong interests in Latin America and the Caribbean and controlled by opposition newspapers in Bolivia, as Reason and Extra or ATB Bolivia, to the mighty Grupo Latino de Radio issued by many countries, part of the media monopoly
group of Clarin, Argentina, and monopolizes textbooks in many countries through Santillana.
With "natural bridge" with the EU and sponsors such as Spain and informant "progressives" such as PRISA, the struggle of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean is not easy for this Old Continent the known, recognized and respected.
Roberto Montoya is a journalist, author of the books "The Global Empire" and "imperial impunity."
is part of the drafting SOUTH WIND.
The absence of leaders were the first sign that it would not. On the European side at the summit were only 14 of the 27 presidents, prime ministers or heads of state of the European Union. For Latin America and the Caribbean, 19 from a total of more than 30. Spain, always claiming to be the "natural bridge" between both regions sought to join a little in its favor to crown his presidency of the European Union. But once again, his clumsiness in foreign policy
was about to show his inability to be that "bridge." The English government had no better idea to invite the summit Porfirio Lobo, the Honduran president emerged from an election that was not allowed to participate in the legitimate president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, deposed by a military coup on June 28, 2009.
Lobo, with the approval of the Obama Administration, hastened to join his cabinet with representatives of the coup, to declare an amnesty for those who overthrew by force of arms Zelaya and reward with the appointment of deputy leader for life of these, Roberto Micheletti, who had temporarily occupied the presidential chair Zelaya once ousted from power. During the year since the coup, died of dozens of police repression of Zelaya, and at least seven journalists troublesome for the regime. The Human Rights Commission of the UN and humanitarian organizations such as Amnesty International denounced the brutal repression that was taking place, but there were no convictions or the United States or the European Union. Spain and the rest of the EU denounced the coup initially with small mouth, but although the U.S. officially recognized the wolf as president, thereby giving shelve the issue, the EU withdrew its agenda the "Honduran case." However, virtually all countries of Latin America and the Caribbean continued to denounce the coup and the subsequent farce, it was also fear the precedent of what would Obama's future policy for the area.
Therefore, Lobo invite to the summit, not even fathom the ground between Latin American countries was a serious blunder of English diplomacy. Several Latin American and Caribbean leaders immediately warned that it would not come to the Madrid summit if it was participating Lobo. Contrary to what one might think, it was Chavez who threatened to boycott the summit, but Lula da Silva, who as head of the regional subpotencia could not admit defeat after he assumed personal failing to regain power Zelaya After his return to Honduras to organize and host it for months in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. In the Moncloa Palace in Santa Cruz and the Zarzuela, there was tension and bustle to attempt to remedy such an error. Finally managed to convince Wolf to be content with only participate in a mini-summit in Madrid, the EU would keep the Central American countries to lay the groundwork for a free trade agreement. The waters subsided, but still,
several leaders, including Hugo Chavez decided not to attend the event, with that gesture, showing how little importance they attached.
Chávez, the major driver of regional organizations independent of the new type in the area in the last decade, has always criticized the unequal relationship that persists between rich Europeans and Latin America and the Caribbean, and is even supporter the disappearance not only of the OAS (Organization of American States, which involved U.S.), but also of the annual Ibero-American Summit "Why do not you shut up", promoted mainly by Spain, with strong commercial interests and
Financial in the area. Neither attended the Sixth Summit of Madrid the Uruguayan José Mugica, or Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega or Raul Castro, among others.
Steeped in a deep economic and financial crisis and demonstrated the weakness of its institutions, the EU could only see the top supposed to be positive for Latin America and the Caribbean, an area is stronger than Europe's rich shake the economic and financial crisis. At least since 2002 and until the subprime crisis was felt strongly in the region in 2008-especially the sharp declines in the price of oil, gas, copper, soybeans and other commodities, the area experienced a period of sustained growth, not inflation, a real reduction in poverty rates, employment creation and debt reduction.
Several Latin American leaders, like Evo Morales, Cristina Fernandez and Lula da Silva himself, were pleased to remind members of the rich Europe's ultra-liberal recipes developed world arrogant served very little when the bubble finally burst in which they were assembled, and that in all the capital ran to seek refuge under the umbrella of State daddy who habitually insult both in order to save its banks and companies crisis.
"We've had," said the president of Argentina in his closing remarks, the spokesman of the Latin American bloc, "especially in South America, a performance against this global crisis much better than might be expected political processes are often not understood, it may not meet the formal categories of thought, or at least so far official. "Cristina Fernandez also made an appeal to multilateralism and criticized" the adoption, for a long time, unique thoughts and unique recipes applicable to everyone equally, whatever the size of its economy or the development of their society " .
"When the Berlin Wall fell," he added, "it seemed that every different idea could not be discussed, it was even announced to the story, but no, the story never ends, always is and always is transformed. " Despite Europe's interest for that region, the absence of so many EU leaders at the Sixth Summit demonstrated the lack of expectation that had to close the gap in between the two blocs. Relations have made little progress in the last decade.
Europe reacted late to the U.S. initiative in the early 90's known as the "Washington Consensus" and intended to impose neoliberal governments in the area turn a series of trade measures, financial and social to facilitate the hegemony total. In 1995, the year in which President Bill Clinton launched at a summit in Miami its proposed FTAA (Free Trade Area of \u200b\u200bthe Americas), when the European Council presented its proposal for "agreements Association (ADA, the term adopted to distance themselves from the bad image they have U.S. FTAs) with both major countries in the region and with its various
regional economic blocs. This proposal would many other similar or complementary to 2005. In that year took place in Mar del Plata, Argentina, FTAA burial at the Fourth Summit of the Americas. It was precisely the year that the U.S. intended to come into force. The clash between the new Latin America, with a majority of progressive governments at the time, and U.S. imperialism, was reflected there. Not only the leaders of the "Axis of evil "in Latin America face up to the U.S.. but also those of countries like Brazil or Argentina, who did not accept to implement the FTAA, knowing the black precedent that led to the signing of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. and Canada in 1994, and the extent to which EE States refused to stop subsidizing their farmers further.
was one of the big slam he received Bush "junior" in the face during his eight years in office. That same year the European Union charged again, felt it was her time to intensify its offensive in the region. Spain, individually, was already gaining ground in the area for years, since the 90's, with Felipe González in power, when, thanks to the privatization of large public companies by corrupt local governments neoliberal got a dozen of the most powerful banks and former English public did the control major public services of much of Latin America. Spain thus became
the second foreign investor in the region, just behind Unidos.Europa States would not be excluded from the spoils and thought he had found his chance from 11-S, when the United States neglected area concentrate the bulk of their energies and resources in wars Iraq and Afghanistan and everything related to his crusade against terror.
was in December 2005 when it vanished in the FTAA project when the EU launched its "Strategy for a strengthened partnership between the European Union and Latin America."
Your offer, however, found the ground as fertile as expected. Latin America and the Caribbean saw the European proposal ultimately did not differ substantially from the U.S.. It was not anything but an asymmetric relation, a FTAA European. The European Union demanded-and-release and open calls for total savings Latin America to European products, without denying the other hand continue to maintain their subsidies and exports, in turn putting prices and draconian conditions for entry into Europe for Latin American products. Latin America and the Caribbean also have new international dating, especially China but also Russia. For China, Latin America and today represents nearly half of the direct investments have abroad. China is interested in gas, copper, oil, soybeans and other products are there in the region.
The European Union reached the last summit in Madrid less successful than that assumed Spain, and those who were not held in its General Assembly but in the six bilateral and sub-regional mini-summits were held that day. The most claimed by Spain, with which he felt he had saved the guy, was the elanzamiento trade negotiations between the EU and Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay, which is soon expected to join Venezuela and Bolivia) , blocked since 2004 by the constraints set by Europe. Despite opposition from Italy, Ireland and France, among others, the talks were initiated. The achievement was reduced to that, restarting the dialogue. A majority of European countries want to put the tooth in that market of 270 million people, would be expanded further with the entry of Venezuela and Bolivia. Today these two countries have the status of Associated States, including Colombia, Peru, Chile and Ecuador. The Summit did manage to close a Partnership Agreement between the European Unionor Central American countries. The treaty signed by the EU to El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama, was quickly criticized not only by popular organizations, but also by producers and managers in the majority of these Central American countries. The EU also closed
Partnership Agreements with Peru and Colombia, which business for years. These agreements were made outside the Andean Community of Nations (CAN, successor of the Andean Pact), which was criticized by Evo Morales and Rafael Correa, who said that their countries would not follow those steps. Morales and Correa, like other Latin American leaders, they condemned a long time that the pressures and urgencies of the EU to sign treaties fully address the spirit of regional integration that attempts to break into the region. The People's Alternative Summit held in Madrid just before the official summit criticized these agreements in line with social and human rights.
regional spirit, which has resulted in the last decade to the creation of new bodies in the area, is the greatest stumbling block to that found
both Europe and America to make deals with blocks, so often opt for the "divide and conquer", entering into bilateral agreements with countries willing to accept its conditions. In Latin America and the Caribbean Governments disparate realities coexist. While ultra-liberal right is rampant in countries like Colombia, Mexico, Chile and others, there are countries like Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay, who are trying to drastically reduce the disproportionate volume of imports from developed countries.
None of these attempts or other economic measures adopted by these countries is framed within a real question of the production system, or move in practice to that proclaimed "socialism of the XXI century", despite the ingenuity of some left who thinks so. The significant changes made by countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia or Ecuador in the structure of the State and institutions, in the great prominence gained by farmers and indigenous and greater participation in public life and community of millions of neglected, has not coheres so far with a questioning of the system capitalist.
Yes they are real but the progress made in the last decade towards the formation of a regional consciousness in Latin America and the Caribbean, starting with the momentum of the ALBA (Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America) by Hugo Chavez and involving Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba, Ecuador, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Commonwealth of Dominica. The proposal, launched by Chávez in 2001 and start to walk in 2004, has the stated aim of ending poverty and social exclusion in the region, working in the trade and economic field as in the human rights in the fight against illiteracy, environmental protection, social communication and science. The ALBA introduced the figure of TCP (People's Trade Treaty) to try to maximize the potential of each member country. ALBA, which has for years proposed move towards a single currency, the sucre, has been in turn driving the structure of other projects such as Telesur, in the field of social communication, or Petrosur and Petrocaribe in terms of energy, organisms now allow the supply of Venezuelan oil at preferential rates to all countries in the area, decreasing or done away with its dependence on foreign multinationals, U.S. and Europe. To complete the plan of energy sovereignty of the region is planning the construction of pipelines, so it still prevails on the part of progressive governments, a concept essentially extractive, which if not corrected can be so damaging to the environment and many stocks such as Amazon deforestation for agrofuels holding Lula da Silva for years. Da Silva has changed his once-promised land reform
its devotion to the god green oil, biodiesel. However, members of the ALBA countries have pledged to begin a process of transition to a sustainable economy promoting renewable energy. Ecuador is the country most advanced in this regard through initiatives in the environmental field including non-use of all resources of oil, gas and coal that the country, and a strong eco-tax on carbon dioxide emissions .
South Bank, another initiative aimed at promoting Chávez claims to development and as an alternative to the World Bank and IDB (IDB) whose members include Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The South Bank has opened a special line of loans for projects of socio-environmental.
UNASUR is itself an ambitious project launched by Lula da Silva, which brings together so far to Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Guyana and Suriname, which aims to become a real substitute of the current OAS, with multiple areas of activity, ranging 10 WIND SOUTH 111/Julio 2010 Number
from economic, political, social, employment, immigration, education and so on. Without doubt, the ALBA and the complex network of sectoral structures which has been taking place, with Petrocaribe, Petrosur, South Bank UNASUR beginning to appear, despite his budding career, increasingly troublesome for foreign capital, accustomed for years to not know any limit to their actions and their benefits. Any decision to nationalize the oil or other sources of raw materials by a country, bringing about important changes in the rules for foreign companies in that sector. Large English companies in the region, often hegemonic form, such as Repsol, Endesa, Union Fenosa, Iberdrola, Gas Natural, Telefónica, BBVA and Banco Santander, obtained in the area a significant amount of their total profits, so that any government decision to a Latin American country or regional organization that would alter the commercial arena, financial, or legal work that must be secured, can pose significant falls in trading on the stock market and millions in losses.
If EU level large European companies with investments abroad are feeling the pressure and influence with the EU authorities across the European employers' confederations in Spain, the handful of companies makes a star through the CEOE and other means on the central government, also having great support from the media.
They help with your notes, opinion columns and editorials to demonize and rebel leaders caricacturizar Latin America and praise the virtuosity of the likes of Alvaro Uribe, Alan García, Felipe Calderón and Sebastián Piñera. Until someone like Lula da Silva has gone from being a "moderate copy" to be treated as a suspicious character, after snub to the U.S. to defend Iran, its harsh denunciation of the coup in Honduras, or his untimely idea of \u200b\u200bUNASUR . And they have encountered with the giant of South America, knows it and tries to take advantage of it, turning Brazil into a regional subpotencia imperial air.
English media group that arguably more influence to create an interestingly distorted image of reality Latin America and the Caribbean, which permeates political environments, economic and of the millions of their readers, listeners and viewers, there is, paradoxically, none of which are behind the most rancid on the right, and La Razón, ABC, The Gazette and El Mundo. Is the Grupo Prisa. And is that "holding" has strong interests in Latin America and the Caribbean and controlled by opposition newspapers in Bolivia, as Reason and Extra or ATB Bolivia, to the mighty Grupo Latino de Radio issued by many countries, part of the media monopoly
group of Clarin, Argentina, and monopolizes textbooks in many countries through Santillana.
With "natural bridge" with the EU and sponsors such as Spain and informant "progressives" such as PRISA, the struggle of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean is not easy for this Old Continent the known, recognized and respected.
Roberto Montoya is a journalist, author of the books "The Global Empire" and "imperial impunity."
is part of the drafting SOUTH WIND.
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