Bush plans Latin America tour

[Judi Lynn]

Bush plans Latin America tour
12 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - President Bush will leave next month on a five-nation tour of Latin America, the White House said Thursday.

Bush and first lady Laura Bush will visit Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico from March 8 to 14.

"The trip will underscore the commitment of the United States to the Western Hemisphere and will highlight our common agenda to advance freedom, prosperity and social justice and deliver the benefits of democracy in the areas of health, education and economic opportunity," White House press secretary Tony Snow said.

Snow said immigration would be only one topic of the trip. In Brazil, for instance, Bush will be talking about energy independence and trade. In Bogota, Bush will be discussing Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's work to battle narcoterrorism .
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070208/ap_on_go_pr_wh/brf_bush_latin_america_2;_ylt=A0WTUe1qZ8tFWpIAhi1qP0AC

[soothsayer]

1. Let's hear it for the rainbow tour, it's been an incredible success...

[DeepModem Mom]

18. PERFECT! nt

[madinmaryland]

2. Wonder if he will find out about the "three brazilians"

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[Dulcinea]

3. "Do you have black people in Brazil?"

I just had to. Sorry.

[Virginia Dare]

4. Bloody Hell, I wish they would keep him...

and how much is this going to cost us? He's going to have to travel with a small army of security. He'll probably go off and get drunk and do something really stupid like he usually does too, and everybody ends up hating him even more.

[PDJane]

5. Help cure global warming.

Keep him gagged and at home.

[Judi Lynn]

6. Mexican government: Bush to visit in March

Mexican government: Bush to visit in March
ASSOCIATED PRESS

8:36 p.m. February 7, 2007

MEXICO CITY – President Bush will travel to Mexico in March to meet with President Felipe Calderón, the government said Wednesday.
The Foreign Relations Department said in a statement that Bush will be in Mexico March 12-14 as part of a tour of Latin America.

Bush and Calderón met for the first time at the White House on Nov. 9, before the Mexican president had been sworn in, and discussed border security and illegal migration, among other topics.

The statement said the leaders have spoken on the phone twice recently and that the meeting in March would serve to review several bilateral issues.
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20070207-2036-mexico-bushvisit.html

[BayCityProgressive]

9. hahahahahahaha

he will be prostested and stalked the entire time he is there. Uruguay and Brazil both have center-left governments and he is totally ignoring other center-left governments in Argentina and Chile. He wouldn't dare go to Venezuela, Bolivia, or Ecuador.

[LiberalFighter]

25. If only they were given the wrong directions and ended up in Venezuela

[LiberalFighter]

24. I wonder if he will spend some time with Fox in Mexico.

[AnneD]

7. I think he is just there..

to scope out property and make some deals for a future launching point for the BFEE.

[Megahurtz]

11. Probably.

Either that or he wants to see which is the next Country they want to fuck with.

[elehhhhna]

8. LOL he's "refueling" in Colombia?

"In Brazil, for instance, Bush will be talking about energy independence and trade..." Well, duh, he'll be TALKING. He doesn't LISTEN.

[Donnachaidh]

10. is he going to do a fly by inspection of the NEW ranch in Paraguay?

Or is that information classified? :sarcasm:

Enquiring minds and all that. :evilgrin:

[Judi Lynn]

12. DU'er Eugene posted an article on Alberto Gonzales' current trip to Argentina.

Sounds as if these clowns are turning their hideous eyes to Latin America, wondering what level of destruction they'll unleash on them, and how to achieve it.

Eugene's Gonzales' trip:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2722107

[Hell Hath No Fury]

16. That was my first though, too.

All this attention makes me nervous - perhaps they are finally getting freaked out about all the leftists wins down south and want to start "making friends" so that actions can be covertly/overtly taken against the leftists.

Shades of the 80s and Central America. :scared:

[rodeodance]

17. tony snow says they will talk of social justice. bush will have to learn a

new concept-

[Judi Lynn]

19. Not too sure there's anyone powerful enough to make him understand

what it means! It would take a miracle.

[madrchsod]

13. leaving in the middle of the surge?

i guess that`s not his main priority. flying around south america is so much better than worrying about the dead and wounded in iraq...

[peacebuzzard]

14. He will not be well received in Brazil by the general population.

only in ceremony. Brazilians score Bush negatively in higher percentages than Americans on his agenda.

[struggle4progress]

33. The secret service is probably scared to death he won't be received well anywhere by anybody:

remember this story from 2004?

Chile calls off Bush banquet after security dispute
Monday, November 22, 2004 Posted: 2:13 AM EST (0713 GMT)

SANTIAGO, Chile (CNN) -- Plans for a state dinner for President Bush at Chile's presidential palace were scratched Sunday after the United States insisted on security measures that Chile called unacceptable.

The change came a day after Chilean security guards temporarily blocked one of Bush's Secret Service agents from entering an official dinner.

For the Sunday event, the Secret Service insisted all guests -- totaling more than 230 -- pass through a metal detector, a top level Chilean Foreign Ministry official told CNN. U.S. officials did not dispute this account.

President Ricardo Lagos believed the measure was humiliating for guests, the Chilean official said ... http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/21/bush.dinner/index.html

[The Anti-Neo Con]

15. No stops in Venezuela?

C'mon Bush, why don't you stop there & show Chavez and all those other commies the way to democracy???:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[sam sarrha]

20. the poor Bastards... pray for them

[sam sarrha]

22. if he manages to survive this trip we will never get rid of him.. Cheney will off him then appoint

a puppet like McCain and fake a heart attack so he can minipulate things from behind the green curtian.. * is worth much more now than ever before a martyr.. how many are going with him?? would you??

[kineneb]

21. what- Paraguay is not included in the tour?? n/t

[mcscajun]

23. What? He's going to see if there's anyone ELSE out there he can

PISS OFF??? Don't we have enough countries out there already that can't stand us?

[IndianaGreen]

26. I am sure that Bush will get a warmer welcome than Nixon did

What a great opportunity to greet the great American dictator to his former colonies.

[Judi Lynn]

27. When he went to Colombia a couple of years ago they had the water

COVERED with boats containing secret service people, the air was thick with helicopters, and of course a horrendous number of soldiers everywhere to protect _Bushes' pride and joy, Little Lord Fauntle_Bush.

I just saw in a search that in 1958, there were also demonstrators out in the streets protesting Richard M. Nixon in Lima, Peru, as well as Caracas! I didn't know about this.





Nixon's car in Caracas.

[yellowcanine]

30. NIxon in Caracas, Venezuela in 1958........

http://images.google.com/images?psp=w&as_ldate=1958&as_hdate=1958&sa=N&q=Nixon%20Caracas&tab=ri

This was after getting spit on at the airport.

[yurbud]

28. instead of flowers and candy, he'll be showered with fruit--the over ripe kind.

[yurbud]

29. does he know how popular he is there?

[EFerrari]

31. Any time a Bush shows up to "deliver the benefits of democracy"

I'd pick up the nearest big stick.

Sorry, Latin America.

[Joe Bacon]

32. Is the dear boy running out of coke again?

One can always wish that he would never come back.

[SharonAnn]

34. I don't think that's a good idea for him. They don't like him much.

[Zorra]

35. I'm sure "El Pendejo del Norte" will be a big hit down there,

Gosh, what if he got kidnapped by the Colombian drug cartel?
:nopity:

[gorbal]

36. The only countries that will take him, LOL!

Notice how he is only visiting the more conservative nations. It must be to dangerous for him in Argentina.