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Weisbrot in The Guardian …

Why do they care so much about who runs these poor countries? As any good chess player knows, pawns matter. The loss of a couple of pawns at the beginning of the game can often make a difference between a win or a loss. They are looking at these countries mostly in straight power terms. Governments that are in agreement with maximising US power in the world, they like. Those who have other goals – not necessarily antagonistic to the United States – they don’t like. Not surprisingly, the Obama administration’s closest allies in the hemisphere are right wing governments such as those of Colombia or Panama, even though Obama himself is not a right wing politician. This highlights the continuity of the politics of control

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