It’s a closeness shaped by a singular worldview — that over the past decade, with a string of leftist leaders elected to office from Central America to Tierra del Fuego — the region has at last freed itself from Washington’s tentacles. That makes for dramatic speeches and rousing regional summits — often with the United States playing the role of foil. “When someone wrongs one of the members, in a form that’s arrogant and rude like what happened to Evo, there’s a sense everyone should defend themselves in unity and for the dignity of what they call the Great Fatherland,” Dieterich said.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 14:00:53 +0000