Chile downplays US pressure in UN voting

Thursday, 01 June

Chile downplays US pressure in UN voting

Chile is downplaying threats made by the United States Department of State aimed at squashing Chile’s support for Venezuela’s bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council.

Government spokesman Ricardo Lagos Weber said this week that Chile would not be pressured by the U.S., but will instead seek regional consensus on the issue before deciding how to vote.
The U.S. government is supporting Guatemala as the next Latin American representative on the U.N. Security Council.

“These are distinct issues that have nothing to do with each other,” said Lagos Weber.

“I do not see how a country could be penalized for exercising its international rights”.

According to a story that was published may 28 in Santiago’s daily La Tercera, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick told Chile’s Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxely that Chilean support for Venezuela as a member of the U.N. Security Council in October’s elections would “decisively damage” bilateral Chile/US relations.
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http://www.mercopress.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=8023



Robert Zoellick
_Bush mini henchman


Not to be confused with this P.O.S.:

During President George H.W. Bush's Administration, Mr. Zoellick served with Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, as Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs, as well as Counselor to the Department (Under Secretary rank). Mr. Zoellick's responsibilities included political, economic, and security topics in all regions of the world. He served as the senior U.S. official in the "Two-plus-Four" negotiations for German unification and worked closely with Secretary Baker on the policies pertaining to the end of the Cold War. Mr. Zoellick was the lead State Department official in the negotiations on the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Uruguay Round, and the launch of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation group. He played a key role in the Central American peace processes. Mr. Zoellick was also appointed the President's personal representative, or Sherpa, for the G-7 Economic Summits in 1991 and 1992. In August 1992, Mr. Zoellick was appointed White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant to the President.

They operate with threats, cajoling, bribery. They threaten to withdraw 'aid' (which they've already done in the case of Bolivia).

Everything is done to keep other nations under the US's thumb. They are not allowed to make their own decisions. Even though they are by far THE MAJORITY.

The US only represents 3.7% of the world's population. Time to give it up.