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stopthatnoise (August 20, 2008 at 12:11 pm)
deone20008: it is not true, the presidents you mentioneted were stealing the people
Ginae4 (August 2, 2008 at 3:09 am)
Yeah, but those presidents contributed to the chaos that exists in Bolivia.
mengwise36 (July 30, 2008 at 7:42 pm)
In politics and in history, a colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a state. What do you call American Samoa, Guam and Puerto Rico? They are not states. They are territories. So the US is an imperialistic power.The US still sponsor a slew of dictatorship around the world, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan come to mind. So by your own definition, we are a Neo-Imperialistic power.Who said imperialism, neo-imperialism and hegemony are mutually exclusive. We can be all three.
mengwise36 (July 30, 2008 at 5:28 pm)
Wiki (conitued)In its second meaning the term describes the imperialistic attitude of superiority, subordination and dominion over foreign people— a chauvinism and comportment relegating foreign people to a lesser social and or political status.
mengwise36 (July 30, 2008 at 5:28 pm)
Wiki:Imperialism has two meanings, one describing an action and the other describing an attitude. Most commonly it is understood in relation to Empire building, as the expansion of a nation's authority by territorial conquest establishing economic and political powers in other territories or nations, and when such encompasses non-contiguous "colonies" or "protectorates" then the term also subsumes Colonialism.
mengwise36 (July 30, 2008 at 5:22 pm)
Read his resume and then his book. School yourself before you school others.
deone20008 (July 30, 2008 at 3:45 am)
Please do not talk about Bolivia unless you are curently living there! It's easy to talk when you live outside, you have to live in Bolivia to understand the problems.Ambassador Aparicio has an interesting way to understand the current situation. He wasn't ambassador only in Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada governement, he was also in Carlos Mesa's government and in Rodrigo Veltzé's government.
ijosdeputisima (July 27, 2008 at 6:15 pm)
true turue¡¡¡¡¡
NWKBricks1 (July 27, 2008 at 6:08 pm)
Good guests, especially John Pilger. His book. "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" is great. Thanks, AJE.
divinejudge1 (July 27, 2008 at 5:56 am)
I'm against Coca eradication (FUCK AMERICA'S WAR ON DRUGS). |
