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Article: Mr Bush goes south - Mr Bush goes south; The United States and Latin America.
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- March 3, 2007
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How America can win the battle for influence against Venezuela's Hugo Chavez
IF YOU are George Bush, the prospect of spending a week in Latin America must be appealing just at the moment. How better to escape an unappreciative Congress and ungrateful Middle East? And if during the Latin American tour he starts on March 8th Mr Bush bumps into the odd demonstration, so what? That can happen anywhere nowadays.
Mr Bush cannot be completely relaxed in Latin America. The United States is locked in a regional battle for influence with Venezuela's oil-intoxicated autocrat, Hugo Chavez. Yet the worst thing for Mr Bush to do if he wants to win that battle is to ...