So this is what happens when the Bush administration “engages” Latin America. Maybe Michael Shifter is onto something…
Sure, their little charm offensive is moving along about as clunkily as you would expect. But it’s already had some fun results. Argentina told the Bushies to suck it yesterday as presidents Kirchner and Chavez vowed solidarity at a press conference. Awesomely, they are sending a vial of sulphur to Brasilia for President Lula to keep on hand when Bush visits next month.
At this rate, Bolivar’s hundred-year-old dream of a united South America will be realized by mid-March.
