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Superheroes Are Not Real
It’s undeniable that the echoing and sticky slogan “Yes we can” tempted millions of unconditional Obama’s supporters around the world; however, what is clear after one year of his presidential term is that victory chants should be pronounced only when they are backed-up by facts.
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After one year of taking the office, Barack Obama’s nearly messianic figure has been left wide behind due to his own failures. (Photo/Seinforma)
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A SHADY FIRST YEAR FOR BARACK OBAMA
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WORLD-CANADA
03/07/10
By Ligia Arias Diaz / Seinforma Canada Correspondent
Lima. - It was not a completely bad year for the most powerful man of the United States, but the fact is that too much expectation got the truth straight out: Superheroes are not real.
From the Middle East to Latin America, the admiration couldn’t hold the deception back. In Latin America, the governments had put pressure on Washington to end the embargo against Cuba but an unenthusiastic respond was obtained instead. On the other hand, the coup d’état in Honduras proved US strategy to keep Latino people divided and to prevent us from looking for another way to make politics.
The apathetic and indifferent figure of the United States towards its Spanish-speaking neighbours became evident when it didn’t make any effort to restore Manuel Zelaya to office; on the contrary, it accepted, without any qualms, the presidential elections of 29 November, 2009, in spite of the strong opposition of the international community.
Even worse was the impression caused by the agreement between Washington and Bogota that allows US troops to use Colombian military bases in order to, allegedly, restrain subversive actions from the guerrilla and drug-trafficking. The agreement made more complicated the relations between U.S and Latin America and also incited distrust estimations. Hugo Chavez stated that such action only meant a “threat” for the whole region. The lovely photo of the 5th Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, where Obama promised an alliance of equals and a new era in the relations North-South, wasn’t longer the same.
Last November Luiz Inazio Lula da Silva complained that United Sates wasn’t paying too much attention to Latin-America issues, whereas the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, in his usual critical point of view, stated that Obama is too weak to confront the Pentagon or the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
The outlook, nevertheless, seems clearer. Little has been done to obtain a real integration. If George Bush considered a waste of time taking into account to the neighbouring region, for Barack Obama seems like he is lacking in decision. His foreign policy has been inclined towards the Middle East due to the world-wide pressure, while Latin America has slipped through his fingers.
The good news is that thanks to this gap, the economic and political tendencies of the region no longer depend completely, like long ago, on Washington. Nevertheless, this doesn’t mean that setting up a solid alliance among Latin American countries is not important; the challenges, general crisis and organized crime need a common plan in order to be eradicated.
Popularity going down
Obama can’t feel proud of not breaking the scheme of his predecessor; besides, he has got not positive results neither. His attempt of dialogue with Iran and the beginning of the withdrawal of military forces from Iraq, both were taken like the beginning of “something else”, but weren’t good enough to persuade the experts. Instead, Obama decided to intensify the war in Afghanistan and duplicated the number of soldiers down there.
Guantanamo, to set another example, could not be crossed off the unresolved issues list, because the Congress refuses to pay for the expenses necessary to send the prisoners over American prisons into the States. Besides, some foreign governments don’t want to cooperate receiving them neither. With a cornered foreign policy, the Nobel Peace Prize for Obama was an advanced gift for the things many still expect to happen.
If there is something that Americans should be thanked for, is that Obama avoided an economic collapse, but only that, because the budget deficit plus unemployment have made more difficult for them to overcome the crisis. For these reasons, perhaps, many affirm that the challenge displays a similar feature faced by Ronald Reagan in 1982, when he noticed how the economy dropped his popularity to 40%.
During the first trimester, the popularity of the current president of the United States was superior to 63% and today is 51%, a lower number compared to other American presidents since World War II, but with a small advantage over Clinton’s 49 %.
The challenges are increasing in 2010 and the “Yes, we can” slogan has now a more realistic connotation without the charm we heard it the very first time; the spell has already lost its effect and the only thing that matters, from now on, are the results
By Ligia Arias Diaz / Seinforma Canada Correspondent
Lima. - It was not a completely bad year for the most powerful man of the United States, but the fact is that too much expectation got the truth straight out: Superheroes are not real.
From the Middle East to Latin America, the admiration couldn’t hold the deception back. In Latin America, the governments had put pressure on Washington to end the embargo against Cuba but an unenthusiastic respond was obtained instead. On the other hand, the coup d’état in Honduras proved US strategy to keep Latino people divided and to prevent us from looking for another way to make politics.
The apathetic and indifferent figure of the United States towards its Spanish-speaking neighbours became evident when it didn’t make any effort to restore Manuel Zelaya to office; on the contrary, it accepted, without any qualms, the presidential elections of 29 November, 2009, in spite of the strong opposition of the international community.
Even worse was the impression caused by the agreement between Washington and Bogota that allows US troops to use Colombian military bases in order to, allegedly, restrain subversive actions from the guerrilla and drug-trafficking. The agreement made more complicated the relations between U.S and Latin America and also incited distrust estimations. Hugo Chavez stated that such action only meant a “threat” for the whole region. The lovely photo of the 5th Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, where Obama promised an alliance of equals and a new era in the relations North-South, wasn’t longer the same.
Last November Luiz Inazio Lula da Silva complained that United Sates wasn’t paying too much attention to Latin-America issues, whereas the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, in his usual critical point of view, stated that Obama is too weak to confront the Pentagon or the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
The outlook, nevertheless, seems clearer. Little has been done to obtain a real integration. If George Bush considered a waste of time taking into account to the neighbouring region, for Barack Obama seems like he is lacking in decision. His foreign policy has been inclined towards the Middle East due to the world-wide pressure, while Latin America has slipped through his fingers.
The good news is that thanks to this gap, the economic and political tendencies of the region no longer depend completely, like long ago, on Washington. Nevertheless, this doesn’t mean that setting up a solid alliance among Latin American countries is not important; the challenges, general crisis and organized crime need a common plan in order to be eradicated.
Popularity going down
Obama can’t feel proud of not breaking the scheme of his predecessor; besides, he has got not positive results neither. His attempt of dialogue with Iran and the beginning of the withdrawal of military forces from Iraq, both were taken like the beginning of “something else”, but weren’t good enough to persuade the experts. Instead, Obama decided to intensify the war in Afghanistan and duplicated the number of soldiers down there.
Guantanamo, to set another example, could not be crossed off the unresolved issues list, because the Congress refuses to pay for the expenses necessary to send the prisoners over American prisons into the States. Besides, some foreign governments don’t want to cooperate receiving them neither. With a cornered foreign policy, the Nobel Peace Prize for Obama was an advanced gift for the things many still expect to happen.
If there is something that Americans should be thanked for, is that Obama avoided an economic collapse, but only that, because the budget deficit plus unemployment have made more difficult for them to overcome the crisis. For these reasons, perhaps, many affirm that the challenge displays a similar feature faced by Ronald Reagan in 1982, when he noticed how the economy dropped his popularity to 40%.
During the first trimester, the popularity of the current president of the United States was superior to 63% and today is 51%, a lower number compared to other American presidents since World War II, but with a small advantage over Clinton’s 49 %.
The challenges are increasing in 2010 and the “Yes, we can” slogan has now a more realistic connotation without the charm we heard it the very first time; the spell has already lost its effect and the only thing that matters, from now on, are the results
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