South America!!!!!!

by **Anarchist** on Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:35 pm

I am loving this!
Makes moving south as a possible path to my future!

http://home.peoplepc.com/psp/newsstory. ... 1427846088

think Che! is pulling some strings?

by **ClessAlvein** on Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:55 pm

This is probably the smartest thing any country has done in the past few years. The IMF and World Bank has a relatively steady record of pushing a neoliberal economic development model on developing countries with loans laden with heavy interest so that they may plunge further into debt in order to push American interests; maybe the Southern hemisphere will follow his example.

by **flashleg8** on Tue May 01, 2007 2:51 am

Chavez is the man!

by **btownmeggy** on Tue May 01, 2007 10:17 am

ClessAlvein wrote:This is probably the smartest thing any country has done in the past few years. The IMF and World Bank has a relatively steady record of pushing a neoliberal economic development model on developing countries with loans laden with heavy interest so that they may plunge further into debt in order to push American interests; maybe the Southern hemisphere will follow his example.

Venezuela is not the first country to give the IMF their walking papers. Kirschner's Argentina and Lula's Brazil have more or less paid back their debts to the IMF and no longer do business with them. Why should they? They're enjoying stable, successful economies and currencies right now. The Real is $0.50, unpegged, for Pete's sake.

However, should Venezuela, Argentina, or Brazil experience a currency crisis like all of them have at multiple points in their histories, I'm not so sure they'd keep giving the IMF the bird.

by **neoni** on Tue May 01, 2007 10:27 am

by **Stopper** on Tue May 01, 2007 1:13 pm

I see he's also nationalising (virtually) Venezuela's oilfields. Now that's what I call celebrating May Day.

Hey! Maybe Mr Blair will do something for the left for May Day!

Like announcing his resignation at last.

by **Anarchist** on Tue May 01, 2007 8:29 pm

http://home.peoplepc.com/psp/newsstory. ... 2041705421

More proof that America likes to keep imperialist control over developing countries....

by **captainvegetable** on Tue May 01, 2007 8:31 pm

Anarchist wrote:http://home.peoplepc.com/psp/newsstory.asp?cat=TopStories&referrer=welcome&id=20070501/4636bb40_3ca6_1552620070501-2041705421

More proof that America likes to keep imperialist control over developing countries....

Damn right he's dangerous to our interests... Interests like controlling the oil under his soil and keeping him shackled to us by debt!

South America!!!!!!

South America!!!!!!

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