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(2,088 posts)That good neighbor policy our government used for years exploited Central and South America for years.
Good for Ecuador. They took the attitude "you can't fire me, I quit" approach anyone would take with a bullying boss.
I believe it is time Latin America worked to break the hegemonic and economic domination the US Government and their corporate sponsors put on them.
Allende tried and the CIA overthrew him for that murdering bastard Pinochet. Ask Victor Jara about that.
Chavez did too and the US Government did everything they could to get him out. Cancer did what the US Government couldn't.
The US Government tried bullying the Hong Kong SAR and that failed. They tried bullying Russia and that failed. They tried extorting Ecuador and that seems to have failed.
Maybe it's time for an invasion to get Snowden. . .wait, President Obama just killed that idea.