Bush tells Latin American reporters "I agree," throws both hands in air

Bush to Confront New Troubles Abroad

By NEDRA PICKLER
The Associated Press
Wednesday, November 2, 2005; 4:11 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/02/AR2005110200298.html

WASHINGTON -- Bedeviled by problems at home, President Bush is confronting a new slate of troubles abroad this week on his first trip to Argentina, Brazil and Panama.

He hasn't been able to achieve a Western Hemisphere trade agreement, thousands of anti-American demonstrators are planning street protests and leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is waiting to take him on.

The president leaves Thursday for the Summit of the Americas, where representatives of 34 nations are gathering in the seaside resort of Mar del Plata, Argentina. Chavez has indicated he plans to lead a "final burial" of Bush's plan for a giant free trade area that would include all countries in the Western Hemisphere except Cuba.

Bush acknowledged this week that the Free Trade Area of the Americas, once one of his highest trade priorities, is at an impasse, with the U.S. facing numerous disagreements with South American countries. "The FTAA has stalled, I agree," Bush, throwing both arms in the air, said in response to a question in an interview with Latin American reporters Tuesday.

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Place your bets.

I'm wagering a doughnut (whole wheat and maple frosted) that Bush will come back bruised and battered and baffled -- not just from Hugo but from the people.

photographer caught that on film!

so it looks like it is immunizing George!!!

...passed. That conference in Miami was the New World Order at its worst.