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James Petras: The ex-guerrillas in many places have become conservative. Uruguay, Brazil and now in El Salvador. Phrases

"El Salvador is no big thing, (Obama) goes beyond simply trying to sign some agreements on drug traffickers are using El Salvador as part of operations and consolidate the U.S. presence in El Salvador as a point of operations . The Frente Farabundo Marti shows his face again as a pro-imperialist party, have done nothing to criticize this invitation Funes, President, and shows how the ex-guerrillas in many places have become conservatives, both in Uruguay and Brazil now in El Salvador. No surprises in this process of conversion from left to right.

second part of the interview from Radio Centenario, Uruguay.

Angeles : We divide time into two broad themes. The other is Obama's visit in Latin America. The stage has already been fulfilled in Brazil and now Chile and El Salvador

Petras: The fact is that Obama's visit in Brazil was a big failure. First occurs the release of American aggression against Libya at the time of Obama giving a speech about his appreciation of the similarities with Brazil, Brazil opposes the attack and imperial intervention. The sample for the failure of Obama is on several sides. First, the agreements they signed no major economic and commercial consequences. These things are marginal.

Second, the fact is that within Brazil, Obama has been discredited, so much so that had to cancel his original speech Cinelandia Square and end at the town hall where guests could attend only government-government Rousseff with claques welcoming. The bottom line was simply a public relations exercise with little consequence. Rousseff or get U.S. support to enter the Security Council United Nations. In this sense we should give more importance to Obama's visit to Brazil.



going to give a speech on free markets and match with Chile because Chile has long since complied with all U.S. policy: maintaining an electoral system, maintains an open economy with exports of raw materials and has a great social inequality and polarization have not changed in the last twenty years. The main speech Obama is going to happen in Chile where there is a more favorable among party official and the alleged opposition, the so-called coalition.

El Salvador is not much, goes beyond simply trying to sign some agreements on drug traffickers are using El Salvador as part of operations and consolidate the U.S. presence in El Salvador as a point of operations. The Frente Farabundo Martí shows his face again as a pro-imperialist party, have done nothing to criticize this invitation Funes, President and shows how the ex-guerrillas in many places have become conservative in both Uruguay and Brazil and now in El Salvador. No surprises in this process of conversion from left to right.

Angeles : With Brazil on the issue, would you say anyway, despite the failure to mention that there is a new era in U.S. relations with Brazil, that conditions are different?

Petras: There and there. Rousseff There is an effort to approach the United States, lowering level of conflict in the search best match a diplomat, but the fact is that Brazil is increasingly dependent on exports to China and Asia. Its capitalists particularly the agro-mineral and financial have many diverse interests and Rousseff can not go too accommodating with the United States without losing the driving force of the Brazilian economy is currently much more involved in various markets.

can sacrifice some diplomatic aspects and Chavez shake hands instead of a hug, make a policy less friendly with Bolivia, perhaps lowering the level of support as a mediator in the Middle East, but in the end, the Brazil's economic structure does not allow many coincidences with the U.S. because they compete in some industries and have other options now more dynamic than that offered by Washington.

In the current case of U.S. attack on Libya, Brazil is against any measure of intervention in Libya, for historical reasons, for regional reasons and within the political culture of Brazil, there is no basis for relying on the U.S. intervention anywhere in the world because it interferes with Brazil's own expansionist projects, which depends on open market relations rather than military intervention.

Angeles : You know that U.S. delegations are continuously Uruguay, for all subjects, but last week was Frank Mora, the undersecretary of the ministry of defense for Western Hemisphere U.S. government. He gathered here to lecture, with the government, the military asked the budget for the Ministry of Defence. And move like parrot on your house as we say here.

Petras: Well, it's an overcompensation. We know that what is called the Broad Front left and looking to make good merits with imperialism acting sometimes with very embarrassing statements and subservient in a way that for example, Brazil does not dare to show it is a servile ruling class economy has its economic vocation. The ex-left sometimes acts as an exaggerated form to show they have left behind his leftist and now are completely different and more willing to embrace the American politicians to receive a certificate of good conduct.

Angeles : Yes came to ask you open a strategic dialogue between Uruguay and the United States in defense matters. It comes hard to us the future.

Petras: Yes Another fact to note is that what is happening in relation to Japan with the explosion of nuclear facilities. That's part of a product neoliberalism than a decade ago has left the regulation and supervision of power companies that handle these nuclear facilities. Not just a company error, a lack of investment. The fact is that the state in Japan has long ceased to administering regulations and controls in the search for higher profits for private companies that keep this whole system. Behind this disaster is neoliberalism that everywhere is promoting deregulation, lack of security for companies to maximize their profits. That is what is behind this mess.

multiplying with news now that the radiation lying is less than what it is, that the contaminated food is not contaminated, the water is full of iodine radiation. But in any case does not only lie on the degree of contamination but lie on the number of dead. Gradually began first two, three thousand and eight thousand now come but even unofficial sources say the real figure is close to 30 thousand dead and many more will have a slow death by cancer who are going to have. They speak of eight thousand but the figures we have is that there are just under 20 thousand missing ten days after the disaster, are dead. But do not say how many more will die in the coming months and years affected by this radiation. So first is the neo-liberal policy, second are the lies to try to prevent the collapse of the government and the discrediting of the political system.

And the latest good news, we could end it is the case in Yemen where the government Saleh sent by more than 30 years is about to fall. And it will be in hours or days because even pressure finally fighting mass has affected the power structure, several ministers have resigned and most importantly, the generals who command the armored troops have said they now support the rebellion. That is what the dictator Saleh depends. Saleh received millions of dollars in aid U.S.. It was his main support North America and now falls Saleh and the army is divided, but in a way favorable to the rebellion.

something that happens now appears everywhere: in the opposition is the mass that has fought, suffered over 60 dead and hundreds injured and the other side are the generals and politicians now come together to rebellion as opportunistic. United States will look the same formula of Egypt to support a transitional government to arrange military policy in the coming period. While the masses are now going to seek a democratic civilian government to manage a transition. The second phase will begin very fast but at least we have this good news that Saleh is falling depending on the day and time they will announce it.

Angeles : Good!

Petras: thank you very much, as always, and until next Monday!

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