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10/10/08

The Guardian: Blame the criminal gangs in power - Nina Lopez

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Blame the criminal gangs in power - Nina Lopez

Argentina, like Chile and others, is still recovering from military dictators who disappeared 30,000 people and from the laws which gave them impunity. Most countries have suffered electoral fraud, and the current presidents of both Colombia and Mexico are accused of crimes against humanity. All have been prey to Washington's free-market policies, which caused rampant corruption.Argentina's 2002 meltdown, which left 50% of its population in poverty, should have served as a warning against today's banking crisis. In the past decade, massive social movements have elected popular governments to tackle this legacy of poverty, corruption and impunity. Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela are held back by racist elites which have governed by the gun for 500 years, in the last century with the complicity of the courts and the US embassies.

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