Obama wins over Latin America

I’m not a fan of his economic policies. but I do admire the rebuilding of relationships that Obama is overseeing. The Herald reports on his sucess in Latin America.

The US can not be effective by force or economic power alone.

I suspect there will come a time when Obama will have to make some hard decisions, which will end the international honeymoon. But until that occurs, it is sensible to utilise the goodwill that exists while you can.

Back to Latin America, Chavez is a nasty piece of work who wants to rule Venezuela for ever. So one might say, why worry about relations with him. Well, if he is unable to cast the US President as the great enemy, it means his re-election may have to rely on actual achievements for his people, rather than a tide of anti-US nationalism.