Peru elections signal growing rift between U.S., Latin America

Not only are many Latin American nations refusing to join the Free Trade Area of the Americas that Washington promotes, they have also rejected U.S. attempts to isolate Venezuela's [Hugo Chavez] or to follow the United States in its botched war in Iraq. [Bush] is the most unpopular American pre...

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Published inThe Salt Lake tribune
Main Author Juan Blanco Prada
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Salt Lake City, Utah The Salt Lake Tribune 13.04.2006
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Bush, George (President)
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Summary:Not only are many Latin American nations refusing to join the Free Trade Area of the Americas that Washington promotes, they have also rejected U.S. attempts to isolate Venezuela's [Hugo Chavez] or to follow the United States in its botched war in Iraq. [Bush] is the most unpopular American president in the region ever. A recent Zogby poll puts Bush's approval rating below 20 percent among members of the Latin American elite class (typically the most politically conservative voters in the region). Only 6 percent said his policies have been better than those of former U.S. presidents. Maybe after the Bush administration leaves office, the United States will eventually come to realize the need to reassess its hemispheric policies and regard its neighbors as sovereign partners entitled to their own choices.
ISSN:0746-3502