Much too late, Mr. Bush

Latin America, a macro Katrina. Another major mistake by the White House: having ignored a market of 500 million people, for six years. Now, our Dear President decides to pay a visit to Latin America (Brazil, Urugay, Columbia, Nicaragua). He should stay home, because he will create more damages than good, and show his ignorance and incompetence, once more.

Even, before leaving, Bush & Co. has already insulted the Latino people.

1) "Brothers and Sisters to the South, who have seen little improvement in their daily lives".

Is Bush talking about the American people?

2) "The ties between US and Latin America has helped advance peace and prosperity" Is Bush disconnected with reality? Is he aware that in the last three years, nine leftist governments have been elected in Latin America? And those were real elections, with all votes counted. A real democracy at work. Perhaps, Bush-Cheney-Rice should go back to school...in Latin America. How about Venezuela with Chavez as teacher?

Are we still wasting a few hundred millions for ex-Cubans in Miami for a low-class propaganda about promoting democracy in Cuba? Did we waste $700 billion in Iraq for promoting democracy?

3) "Brazil is a leftist-center government strong on social issues, with whom we can work"

How about Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia.

4) Once more, the White House is having a problem to be sincere, honest, and clairvoyant. They are just trying to use Brazil as a counterweight to Chavez. Being so ignorant about the real world, Bush & Co does not realize that everyone can easily perceive the hypocrisy of our leaders.

5) John Negroponte, deputy Secretary of State, complete the accumulation of "faux pas" in our Foreign Policy, and insults to host countries. "The President will accentuate the positive to compensate the shortcomings of Venezuela, and kind of unhelpful role it has played in certain countries."

Extremely poor judgment and lack of "savoir faire". Just a confirmation that we have no policy at all, just a childish response to Chavez. By the way, what are the positives we put forward in the last six years? Again, we dare to lecture others.

Is Negroponte the same ex-czar of our Intelligence who used a budget of several billion dollars to predict the death of Castro, within a few weeks, several months ago?

How can we be so intelligent with an Intelligence who was wrong in Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, elections in Palestine and Nicaragua, and still does not understand the double face of Pakistan?

Please, Mr. Bush, stay home. Mr. Cheney, stay home. Ms Rice, stay home. Mr. Negroponte, please, do not talk. All of you, have destroyed 50 years of US goodwill. Stop promoting democracy abroad, when you do not respect, nor listen to, the great majority at home. Please stay home, do not talk, for the next two years. You are just making of mockery of us, with the real world.

By the way, who is working in our Foreign Policy department?

The Facilitator