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Bolivian President Evo Morales on Wednesday labeled Israel a "terrorist state" and announced that Israelis need visas to visit, the latest in a series of measures Latin American countries have leveled against Israel for the violence in the Gaza Strip.
Criticism of Israeli policies has come from some parts of the world. Latin American countries have stood out by coordinating a range of diplomatic measures, including recalling their ambassadors for consultations and issuing sharply worded statements, political analysts said.
"Israel doesn't guarantee the principle of respect for life, and the basic right to live in harmony and peace in the international community," Mr. Morales said Wednesday in a speech in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba. There was no immediate Israeli response to Mr. Morale's accusations or Bolivia's decision to require that Israeli visitors apply for visas.
On Tuesday, at a meeting of the Mercosur trade bloc in Caracas, Venezuela, the presidents of four of the five countries in the organization demanded an end to the military actions in Gaza and called for Israel to permit the free flow of people, food and humanitarian aid. In a statement, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Venezuela said they "energetically condemn the disproportionate use of force by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, which in the majority affects civilians, including children and women."
That same day, three other Latin American countries called home their ambassadors: El Salvador, Chile and Peru. The region's most influential country, Brazil, had done so last week, while Ecuador made the move on July 17. Uruguay and Argentina, which has a large Jewish community, maintained their ambassadors in Israel. Leftist Venezuela, which sharply opposes U.S. policy in the Middle East and is Latin America's most vocal critic of Israel, broke relations with the Jewish state years ago.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/israel-faces-latin-american-backlash-1406770021
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NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)(Netanyahoo starts forming a Latin American Israeli Political....)
Roy Serohz
(236 posts)DeSwiss
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- He's one of my South American heroes.Here's another one:
The man that made Marijuana legal in his country and started a worldwide revolution.
And Dilma (although more conventional than any of the above) will always hold a special place for me, because what she endured for freedom.
And yes, I wish our leader had anyone of the above's balls right now......
rpannier
(24,339 posts)El Salvador withdrew its Ambassador on Wednesday
americannightmare
(322 posts)Leading the charge. With all the pain they've suffered at the hands of the U.S. over the last 100 years, it's great to see many of these countries establishing their independence and refusal to bow to the U.S./Israeli juggernaut of destruction.
Quantess
(27,630 posts)Nations around the world, taking sides. I find it scary.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)...and many of the leaders who themselves so recently have thrown off the yoke of United States' oppression either directly or through their imposition of puppet leaders, their death squads and the killing of all life without impunity, immediately recognize it when they see it in ''The Baby Killers of Gaza.''
- And now it is WE who must face the truth, this is who we are......
K&R
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Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel in its Gaza massacre is not in the US national interest.