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President Obama Hails Chile as Model "for the Region and for the World”

March 21, 2011

by Nina Agrawal

Speaking to the Chilean and Latin American public from the La Moneda presidential palace in Chile, President Obama signaled the start of a new era in U.S.-Latin America relations—one whose focus will be on enhancing security in the region, promoting inclusive development, strengthening democratic institutions, and securing sustainable energy resources. On the eve of the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s creation of the Alliance for Progress and amid political turmoil and regime change in the Middle East and North Africa, President Obama’s speech to the Latin American public was both symbolic and significant.

It is no secret that the U.S. administration supported—and even lent assistance—to the forces that overthrew Chilean president Salvador Allende’s democratically elected government in 1973 and installed a military regime with General Augusto Pinochet at its head. This is a part of Chile’s history with which the country continues to come to terms, serving justice to the victims of the regime’s human rights abuses.

In a joint press conference with President Piñera, Obama was asked by a reporter about the U.S.’ past role in Chilean affairs. He answered without missing a beat: “It is important for us to understand our history, and to learn from our history,” he said, but “we are not trapped by our history.”

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Tags: Chile, Obama, Pinera, Egypt

El adiós de los tiranos

February 18, 2011

by Cecilia Lanza

Hosni Mubarak finalmente ha dejado el gobierno de Egipto luego de treinta años en el poder, obligado por la furia popular. Pero ¿por qué podría importar a un país como Bolivia un hecho como ese, sucedido a miles de kilómetros, al otro lado de mar, en un mundo completamente ajeno a no ser por los libros escolares de historia que nos cuentan de pirámides, camellos y faraones? ¿Tenemos algo en común?

Antes de la “era del Internet”—que a Bolivia llegó lentamente hace un par de décadas pero estalló de pronto como estrella de rock—Egipto era para nosotros probablemente lo mismo que la Cochinchina. Pero ha sido justamente el acceso a Internet, más que los medios de comunicación locales, lo que nos ha permitido no sólo conocer algo más de ese país sino seguir paso a paso, a través de Facebook o Twitter, la reciente revuelta social que acabó con el régimen de Mubarak. Y esa es justamente nuestra primera coincidencia: compartimos con Egipto la paradoja de vivir entre la (extrema) pobreza tercermundista y el ícono del desarrollo futurista del Internet.

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Tags: Bolivia, Egypt, Food and agriculture


 
 

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