Reply #4: Well, it's the Miami Herald, so take every word with a grain of salt. [View All]

[Peace Patriot]

Of all the Corpo shit rags on earth, they have to be the worst--especially on anything to do with the South American left.

I thought that Lugo had pulled Oviedo into his coalition. There was a report to that effect not long ago--about a month. I don't recall the news source. Could be Oviedo was playing foxy, and appeared to support Lugo, but was already (or always was) a Bush Cartel agent. Could also be "divide and conquer"--something planted by Bushite agents provocateur. We don't know yet.

Lugo is facing 61 years of entrenched rightwing corruption. He has quite an awesome task to clean it up and strengthen Paraguay's democratic institutions. He has also done some daring and courageous things in his first weeks in office, including placing an indigenous women (who had been sold into slavery as a girl) in charge of the government's department of indigenous affairs, and proclaiming an independent Parguayan foreign policy (independent of the U.S. and its Corpo rulers) on issues like Cuba and Taiwan, and also with respect to relations with other democratic leftist leaders, such as his neighbor Evo Morales in Bolivia, and the leftist presidents of Venezuela and Ecuador. He embraced the latter three at his inauguration, and got up on stage with Chavez at the celebration afterwards and they did a rollicking version of "Todo Cambia" ("Everything Changes").

I've no doubt the Bushwhacks and their local fascist toadies have their knives out for Lugo. One of the defenses against such plots is openness--frankness in talking about them, and early exposure--a defense that the Bolivarian leaders have employed well. They are naturally candid leaders, and speak in raw truths that startle us (we're not used to leaders who speak truthfully), and that shine the light of day on fascist plotters, in their murky and devious Bush-backed scheming.

When Lugo was elected this year, Morales sent him the following congratulatory message: "Welcome to the 'Axis of Evil!'"

They sing about it. They laugh about it. They have each other's backs. And they are moving swiftly toward close economic cooperation and integration, to build a strong democratic fortress against any further U.S. dictation and evil interference in South America. It is a wonder to behold--and so refreshing, compared to the toxic Bushite/Corpo stew that passes for democracy here.