Re: [Marxism] Lula follows Bush method...

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

David Walters wrote:
> In many ways, Lula is playing the exact same role as
> numerous Mexican PRI gov'ts., independence from the US on foreign
> policy, but attacks on workers domestically. I think Walter is being

This point needs to be stressed. It costs nothing for Lula to be
pro-Cuba. It is good PR to cover his left flank. Mexico's PRI was a past
master of this:

Throughout the 1960s, whenever the United States tried to isolate Cuba,
Mexico would go out of its way to sponsor Cuba at international forums.
When Washington imposed a trade embargo, Mexico nurtured free trade with
the island nation. When American administrations sought to impose
hardships on the Cuban people, a succession of Mexican presidents
donated oil to Havana as a form of foreign aid. Through Cuba, Mexico
demonstrated independence from its powerful northern neighbor.

Then, throughout the 1970s and '80s, Mexico persuaded other Latin
American nations to quietly re-establish their relations with Cuba,
pressure from Washington notwithstanding.

And though Cuba's chief sponsor was the Soviet Union, Mexico was second
in terms of foreign investment, trade and economic aid. When the Soviet
Union disintegrated, Mexico -- along with Spain -- emerged as Cuba's
savior: Cuba's cellular telephony was built by the Mexicans, Cuban
hotels are run by the Spanish and it is Mexico that sends hundreds of
thousands of dollar-bearing tourists to Cuba each year. Mexico's private
sector has $2.7 billion invested in Cuba, and Havana's foreign debt to
the Mexican government is $425 million, a sore point in Mexico.

full: http://havanajournal.com/business_comments/A1765_0_4_0_M/

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