[lbo-talk] Anti Latin American Postings

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Cristobal:
>>>I know this is a list in which most members care more about what's going
on in Kyrzigistan than on their own backyard south of the border, but it is
of interest how the few postings on Latin America carry an anti Left
taste. Last week it was Frank Scott criticizing  the left that opposes the
racist Minute Men in Texas. Although it provoked a swift response by Dough
Henwood, no body else bothered to contest this neo-nazi posting . Today we
have a new one by John Norem making fun of Venezuela's new program on higher
education via the Universidad Bolivariana, which according to the article,
 is just an ideological joke and not a new venue for actual college
education.It seems written by someone working for Condoleeza Rice or John
Bolton. Last month some one made fun of Ferrnando Botero's art work on US
Army torture in Iraq.<<<

Hmmm.  Somehow, I missed that.  What I do recall re. Latin America, and
Venezuela in particular, is a posting a couple of months ago encouraging
buying gas from Citgo, because it is 100% owned by the Venezuelan government
and proceeds fund social programs in that country.  I did as asked and
forwarded the posting to my friends.

I do think, however, that LA has been overshadowed by the war in Iraq and
terrorist activities, even though there are some interesting development
there e.g. Brazilian government endorsing the open source software which
made Micro$oft tremble in its shoes.  But the sad thing is that with the
'Marxist insurgencies" all but gone, LA became a backwater.  Am I missing
something?

PS.  I do not think that US vigilantism deserves any attention on this
forum.  As bat'ushka Stalin used to say, for these folks four walls are
three too many.  

Wojtek