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Latin America and Asia Are at Last Breaking Free of Washington's Grip

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Sat Mar 25, 2006 2:15 PM EST

The prospect that Europe and Asia might move towards greater independence has troubled US planners since the second world war. The concerns have only risen as the "tripolar order" - Europe, North America and Asia - has continued to evolve.

Every day Latin America, too, is becoming more independent. Now Asia and the Americas are strengthening their ties while the reigning superpower, the odd man out, consumes itself in misadventures in the Middle East.

Comments:

Diego Laje

Interesting.

But.

Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, who oversees Latin American affairs, will visit Beijing in early April, ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Washington, to discuss relations between China and Latin America.

http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID;=11604405&src;=rss/topNews

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#1 - Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:55 AM EST
miasma

The chinese are also about to test/fire up their E.A.S.T. fusion reactor. What will the west do without it's precarious finger in the energy pot?

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#2 - Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:02 PM EST