Reply #34: no one is "attracted" to Chavez and Castro...

[fairfaxvadem]

rather, we are repulsed by our policies toward each country. Want to free Cuba? Don't wait til Fidel is dead and "dear brother Raoul" takes over...open up trade and let the good old American greenback turn the tide. I mean, every other country in the world deals with Cuba, we look like idiots. Cuba is a beautiful island, I'd like to go spend some of my hard earned cash there for a nice vacation...It's stupid. And the Cubans of Florida have way too much influence for such a small group of people.

As for Chavez, let him survive or not on his own. The CIA needs to give it a rest in Latin America. We just end up making matters worse. If Bush and his corporate donors don't like Chavez, too bad. They've embarassed us enough with these half-assed coup attempts.

US foreign policy in all of Latin America needs to grow up.