12 Dec '09 18:47>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8409081.stm
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Latin American countries not to get too close to Iran.
Mrs Clinton said countries such as Venezuela and Bolivia should "think twice" about the consequences of their ties with the Islamic Republic.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last month visited Brazil, Venezuela and Bolivia which voiced support for Iran's right to a nuclear programme.
Several regional leaders, including President Evo Morales of Bolivia and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, have pursued closer ties with Iran in recent years, as well as with Russia and China.
"We have no problem with any country, such as China, engaging in economic activities, business, commerce with any country anywhere," Reuters quoted Mrs Clinton as saying.
But we do want governments to drive hard bargains. We don't want to see corruption that benefits the fortunes of a few leaders and undermines the sustainability of the economy and the environment and the natural resources of any country."
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I have to say, Im amused by the US' patronizing and hypocritical views on this, it is no secret that ahmadinejad is a nutcase but the US has no right to determine the relations of other countries, and then hillary says "We don't want to see corruption that benefits the fortunes of a few leaders and undermines the sustainability of the economy and the environment and the natural resources of any country."?? Is this some sort of joke? isn't that what the US has done to the countries south of the border for at least the last 100 years?
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on Latin American countries not to get too close to Iran.
Mrs Clinton said countries such as Venezuela and Bolivia should "think twice" about the consequences of their ties with the Islamic Republic.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last month visited Brazil, Venezuela and Bolivia which voiced support for Iran's right to a nuclear programme.
Several regional leaders, including President Evo Morales of Bolivia and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, have pursued closer ties with Iran in recent years, as well as with Russia and China.
"We have no problem with any country, such as China, engaging in economic activities, business, commerce with any country anywhere," Reuters quoted Mrs Clinton as saying.
But we do want governments to drive hard bargains. We don't want to see corruption that benefits the fortunes of a few leaders and undermines the sustainability of the economy and the environment and the natural resources of any country."
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I have to say, Im amused by the US' patronizing and hypocritical views on this, it is no secret that ahmadinejad is a nutcase but the US has no right to determine the relations of other countries, and then hillary says "We don't want to see corruption that benefits the fortunes of a few leaders and undermines the sustainability of the economy and the environment and the natural resources of any country."?? Is this some sort of joke? isn't that what the US has done to the countries south of the border for at least the last 100 years?