Bachelet refuses to budge in Washington
Roger Burbach
June 9, 2006 03:35 PM
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/roger_burbach/2006/06/burbach_on_bachelet.html
President Michelle Bachelet came to Washington on Thursday for a one
day whirl wind trip that included a meeting with George Bush. Both
exchanged pleasantries after the meeting, neither referring to the
heavy-handed efforts of the Bush administration to pressure Chile to
oppose Venezuela's bid for a seat on the United Nations security
council.
Just 11 days before the White House visit the Chilean daily La Tercera
published a report on a meeting between Condoleezza Rice and the
Chilean foreign minister, Alejandro Foxley, in which the US secretary
of state insisted that Venezuela's candidacy for the UN seat "aims at
the heart of US interests". Rice warned that "Chile could fall into a
group of losers against US interests ..." and that the United States
"will not understand" a Chilean vote for Venezuela.
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