AFP: South American leaders blast EU, farm subsidies

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South American leaders blast EU, farm subsidies

South American leaders wrapped up a regional trade conference Tuesday by slamming "outrageous" new EU immigration laws as xenophobic and charging that farm subsidies were a key cause of the global food crisis. "We are going to raise a common voice" against the law which calls for the jailing and deportation of undocumented foreign nationals, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet warned at the Mercosur summit here. The European Union last month adopted tough new rules on illegal immigrants, allowing detention for up to 18 months prior to expulsion.

Note EU-Digest: The reaction of some of the Latin American countries is not only emotional, it is also ridiculous.