Clinton: Latin America should think twice about establishing links with Iran
dandelion salad | 14.12.2009 16:01 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Globalisation | World
In his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, US President Barack Obama reiterated his habitual threats against Iran as well as the Afghan resistance against the US occupation.
The following day, it was his foreign minister Hillary Clinton’s turn to tell the Latin American countries to toe the line…
The following day, it was his foreign minister Hillary Clinton’s turn to tell the Latin American countries to toe the line…
President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in Oslo, 10 December 2009
Editorial note:
1) Clinton: Latin American countries should think twice about establishing links with Iran (December 2009)
from the archives:
2) US official: Military coup in Honduras is a lesson for the region not to follow Venezuela’s path (July 2009)
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“We also are well aware of Iran’s interests in promoting itself with a number of other [Latin American] countries [such as] Venezuela and Bolivia […]
[…] I think that if people want to flirt with Iran, they should take a look at what the consequences might well be for them, and we hope that they will think twice, […] ”
[US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speech at the at the First Diplomacy Briefing Series Meeting, Washington D.C., 11 December 2009] [1]
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from the archives:
“We certainly think that if we were choosing a model government and a model leader for countries of the region to follow, that the current leadership in Venezuela would not be a particular model. If that is the lesson that President Zelaya has learned from this episode [i.e. the June 2009 military coup in Honduras], that would be a good lesson.”
[US Assistant Secretary of State Philip Crowley, State Department daily press briefing, 20 July 2009] [2]
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notes:
[1] excerpts from: Remarks at the First Diplomacy Briefing Series Meeting, Focused on the Issues and Challenges of U.S. Relations With Latin America
US State Department website, 11 December 2009
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/12/133453.htm [2] excerpt from: Daily Press Briefing
US State Department website, 20 July 2009
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2009/july/126250.htm __________________
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Chavez: Mrs. Clinton's statements are the clear signs of an imperial offensive
14.12.2009 21:58
"Mrs Clinton's statements (are) like a threat above all against Venezuela and Bolivia... They are the clear signs of an imperial offensive seeking to stop the advancement of progressive forces, and regain its back yard," Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the most outspoken US critic in Latin America, told reporters in Havana.
"It's an overt threat. Her declarations are like a threat, especially at Venezuela and Bolivia," he added.
Chavez, who was speaking at an ALBA summit, said that Clinton's words were a clear sign that the US is seeking to stop the advancement of progressive nations.
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Telling other countries what to do
15.12.2009 20:30
I think that the United States of America ought to think twice about telling other countries what they should ad should not do.
The US is the most abusive, war mongering country in the wrold–by far and away.
Shaine B. Parker