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Originally Posted by Locobot
Yeah it's kind of freaky when they're burning U.S. flags in places like Argentina. Sure Palestine or Saudi Arabia you expect it, but Argentina?
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On the contrary, after the IMF-led economic crisis of 2001 you can hardly expect much respect for the US in Argentina. The IMF and World Bank are basically extensions of US foreign policy - the US has a blocking vote at both institutions. So whenever a country is forced to privatise its healthcare, cut back on education spending, charge for water (even when people can't afford to pay) or grow export crops while its poorest go hungry, it happens because the US wants it to.
It's not just your government's lies and military aggression that everybody hates, the businessmen play their part too!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/st...675036,00.html
http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2005...ith-wolfowitz/