I thought this was coming. It's not a good time to be both a big net food & energy importer.

Oh good - that makes me feel much better!

WT, this is not a new ploy for Chevez. He has said for several years that he wants 'fair trade' not 'free trade'...This statement is directed at the IMF and World Bank. His aim is to replace these organizations in SA and the islands. Everyone in SA is aware of the history of the US on their continent and Chevez is making an attempt to end US envolvement there. If one is to believe 1/2 of what is written in 'I Was An Economic Hit Man' it is easy to see why...but, that book aside, there is ample evidence of very bad conduct on the part of the US in SA for a very long time.

WT, this is not a new ploy for Chevez. He has said for several years that he wants 'fair trade' not 'free trade'...This statement is directed at the IMF and World Bank. His aim is to replace these organizations in SA and the islands. Everyone in SA is aware of the history of the US on their continent and Chevez is making an attempt to end US envolvement there.

If you stood up at the UN with all the cameras on you live and you told the whole spanish speaking world(and every other language) to go out and buy this book, Noam Chomsky’s “Hegemony or Survival,” a critique of American foreign policy

I'd say the secret is out, and the curtain has been raised for many.