Bush and Lula for the promotion of biofuels !!!

[jean63]

Bush continues his anti-Chavez, anti-Morales, anti-Iran, anti-Cuba crusade and buys some with his dollars ==>

Sunday March 11, 2007 Bush's halt in siege of Bogota sparks new clashes
BOGOTA (AFP), 21:32 p.m.
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George and his wife Lady Laura on their arrival at Catam air base, in Bogota (Colombia), March 11, 2007US President George W. Bush made a stop in Bogota on Sunday under high police protection which did not prevent new demonstrations and new clashes, as since the beginning of his tour in Latin America.

Nearly 5.000 people demonstrated in a capital under siege for an American president's first visit to Bogota since Ronald Reagan in 1982, an AFP correspondent reported.

As soon as Mr. Bush arrived, sporadic clashes pitted dozens of young people against the police. They exchanged throws of stones, incendiary devices and tear gas when the demonstrators, mostly students, forced a security cordon shouting "Bush, the son of p ... has arrived" and "out. 'assassin".

The protesters burned American flags, destroyed bank windows and looted stores.

Police, who also used water cannons, reported 25 arrests.

The procession of Mr. Bush, crossing Bogota at high speed under the curious eyes of the Colombians, could briefly see the confrontation between young people and police officers.

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Protesters face the police in Bogota against the presence of George Bush on March 11, 2007M. Bush went to Casa de Narino, the presidential residence, to review the Colombian guard, and to have talks with Mr. Alvaro Uribe and a working lunch during which he intended to reassure his counterpart on the constant support of United States to their strongest ally in Latin America.

The capital was surrounded by 21.000 members of the security forces, to which were added hundreds of men of the American presidential protection and a fleet of helicopters.

Colombian police said they had intercepted communications that feared attacks by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the 17.000 guerrilla Marxist rebellion.

Colombian governments have struggled for decades with left-wing guerrillas, drug cartels and more recently far-right paramilitary groups.

Bush nevertheless agreed to stop in Bogota for seven hours.

He intended to assert in Colombia the benefits of American aid and free trade, as at each stage of his journey in a region which, with the exception of Colombia in civil war, took a turn to the alternative left under the impulse of a strong anti-American and anti-liberal feeling.

Since its start on Thursday, Mr. Bush's tour of Latin America has given rise to protests, the magnitude of which, however, has remained rather limited.

Despite persistent difficulties and the scandal of ties between senior officials and far-right paramilitaries, the Bush administration commends Mr. Uribe's efforts to restore order throughout the country, combat narco-terrorism, but also boost and liberalize the economy and open it up to foreign investment.

Mr. Uribe "has done a fabulous job leading the country," said Mr. Bush.

With 600 million dollars per year, Colombia is the main beneficiary of American aid in the region.Bush to assert Uribe that he will vigorously defend US aid to combat drug trafficking and rebellion, as well as the free trade agreement negotiated with Bogota, against possible attacks by his Democratic opponents .

[jean63]

it started in Brazil with Lula for biofuels and it ends in Mexico where we no longer talk about biofuels at all ==>

Tuesday March 13, 2007 Bush in Mexico, the last leg of his Latin America tour
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George W. Bush and his wife Laura arrive in Merida on March 12, 2007US President George W. Bush arrived Monday evening in Merida, capital of Yucatan, in the southeast of Mexico, last stop of his tour in Latin America where he will meet with his Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderon Tuesday and Wednesday before returning to the United States.

His visit to Guatemala on Monday, where he had talks with the Guatemalan head of state, Oscar Berger, focused on immigration, the fight against drug trafficking and the trade, was again accompanied by demonstrations.

Several people were injured when the security forces, deployed in large numbers in a capital of random security, dispersed several hundred demonstrators.

They uttered slogans and insults against Mr. Bush for four hours near the National Palace where the American president met his counterpart Oscar Berger.

The tour, which began on Thursday with Bush, aims precisely to counter the anti-American and anti-liberal sentiment that has grown in recent months in Latin America.

In Guatemala, Mr. Bush again delivered his double message on American generosity and the benefits of democracy and trade, in the face of the widespread feeling that American policy in the United States boils down to free trade agreements and fight against drugs.

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Anti-Bush demonstration in Merida on March 12, 2007 But he also touched on a serious concern from Latin American governments, saying he hoped to reach an agreement with Congress by August on reforming US immigration laws.

He also suggested a regional approach to the fight against drugs. At a press conference, his Guatemalan colleague even said that Bush could make a regional proposal.

"As I told the president, I feel like we have to get there by August, hopefully," Bush said, referring to immigration and citing a date for the first time.

Mr. Bush, of which this reform is one of the major projects, said he was "optimistic". "It will be hard work, don't get me wrong. But I believe we can get comprehensive legislation in Congress," he said.

Bush has been promoting reform for months, both through stepping up the fight against illegal immigration and regularizing some of the roughly 12 million illegal foreign workers in the United States.

This regularization met until January resistance from the Republicans of his own camp when they were still the majority in Congress. The victory of Mr. Bush's democratic opponents paradoxically seemed to increase the chances of adoption.

As for drugs, a large part of which, particularly from Colombia, pass through Guatemala, "I suggested that we think about the problem regionally," Bush said.

He remained more vague than Mr. Berger on the idea of ​​a concrete initiative, contenting himself with insisting on information sharing.

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Masked protesters protest in Guatemala against President George W. Bush, March 12, 2007 Previously, Mr. Bush and his wife Laura worked in Santa Cruz Balanya, half an hour from Guatemala's helicopter, to fight sentiment anti-American and anti-liberal.

Bush went to a school where for a few days military medical teams from the two countries provided medical care to the local population, the majority of whom were Mayans.

He also visited an agricultural cooperative, Labradores Mayas. In an area which practiced subsistence farming until the end of the 70s and which received American aid, Labradores Mayas created 207 jobs, signed an agreement in 1995 to sell its products to McDonald's and now deals with distributors in Central America, including Wal-Mart America.

American aid, "funded by the generosity of the American people, is helping people like you achieve their dreams across the region," Mr. Bush said, "you have proven that, if given the opportunity, you and hundreds of others can be successful.

“Second, free trade is important for a lot of people. It's important for your country, it's a gateway, it creates jobs in America just like here,” he said.

He wants to limit the emigration of Mexicans to the USA, unless they join the US Army to go and be killed in Iraq.

[Targol]

There are so many untruths and bullshit in all of Dobeliou's statements that commenting on them all would take me the whole day. I would therefore stop at this one:

In Sao Paulo on Friday evening, George Bush once again felt that "America is not thanked enough for what it is trying to do to improve people's lives." "The purpose of my trip is to explain as clearly as I can that our country is generous and has compassion."

How is it that no one has thought of giving this co .... rd the Nobel Peace Prize for its humanitarian action in Iraq?

In its own territory alone, the average standard of living (if we except the greatest fortunes) is in free fall following its policy "we take from social budgets to put in army budgets".

Ahh yeah, I'm stupid, in W's head there's an ex-alcoholic brain still stuffed with bourbon. When he says "people", he thinks of those he sees every day. And for them, indeed, since he has been in power, life has improved.
For others, the millions of US "working poors" his policy is a disaster.
But they don't see them