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Latin American Leaders
Agree On Criticism Of US
Economic Policies
Speaking with one voice,
Latin American leaders
meeting in Managua,
Nicaragua, criticized
the United States and
its economic policies
towards Latin America.
Central American and
participating South
American countries
showed solidarity and
co-operation towards
combating the food
crisis.
Honduran president,
Manuel Zelaya, said that
there had been
confidence in that
globalization would
resolve the energy and
food problems, but in
fact have made them
worse, with less
production in their
countries and more
emigration seeking the
"American dream".
Even Costa Rican
president, Oscar Arias,
who has been a defender
of free-market, joined
in the criticism of the
U.S. policies for
spending billions of
dollars on the Iraq war
and not paying attention
to the real threats
closer to home, such as
hunger.
The summit was organized
by Nicaragua's
president, Daniel
Ortega, who received
praise from the other
leaders. Ortega pointed
out that the food crisis
is nothing new for the
poor countries of
Central America, only
now receiving world wide
attention because the
falling US economy is
increasing the effect.
One thing is for sure,
that despite the
solidarity shown by the
leaders, politics was
not missing from the
meeting. Arias declined
to sign the final
agreement because by the
end of the day a number
of new points were added
by Venezuela, such as
the creation of the
us$100 million dollar
ALBA fund for
production, a proposal
to create a new airline
tax to finance the
energy and food security
fund for the region and
a proposal to create an
oil agricultural
alliance.
Arias said that he
didn't share some of the
points of the agreement
and though he refused to
sign he did, however,
pledge us$0 million
dollars for the region
to boost agricultural
production. |
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Costa Rican president,
Oscar Arias, in Nicaragua. Although Arias showed
solidarity with other Latin American leaders on the food
and energy crisis, he refused to sign the agreement at
the end of the day. |
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