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Latin American Leaders Take a Stand on Gaza : World : Latin Post

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The Center for Economic Policy and Research reviewed the position taken by Latin American leadership on Gaza, finding most countries are pursuing their own foreign policy agendas which can often conflict with those goals of the United States. The Obama Administration was quick to show support of Israel by declaring they "reaffirmed Israel's right to defend itself," and to continue supporting that right with $3 billion each year in direct foreign aid, and another $12-17 billion in indirect aid -- military equipment, loan guarantees and preferential contracts, according to an article in Veterans Today. The President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, they wrote, petitioned the United National High Commissioner for Human Rights to consider a case against Israel for "crimes against humanity.
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Meryl Ann Butler is an artist, author, educator and OpedNews Managing Editor who has been actively engaged in utilizing the arts as stepping-stones toward joy-filled wellbeing since she was a hippie. She began writing for OpEdNews in Feb, 2004. She became a Senior Editor in August 2012 and Managing Editor in January, (more...)
 

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