How President Bush has unified Latin America

Has Latin America ever had such a unifying figure?

At political rallies, his visage is held aloft as a beacon to regional independence and self-determination. He's helped forge new trade partnerships to spur economic growth and alleviate poverty. And his leadership has fanned a gale-force electoral trend that's sweeping the hemisphere to topple one pro-Washington government after the next.

Who is this grand inductor of Latin American leftism? Venezuelan fireball Hugo Chavez? Blue-collar Brazilian Lula Ignacio da Silva? Bolivia's coca-farmer president Evo Morales?

¡Epa! It's George W. Bush, the accidental revolutionary.

With the swaggering Texan in the White House, a leftward surge has united Latin America to a degree that T-shirt icon Che Guevara could only dream of.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/03/26/INGFRHSVGT1.DTL

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arrogance and stupidity have us nearer to WWIII than we have ever been. Not a single country can trust in the US of A as long as Chimpy is at the helm.

Good article btw. Since this isn't LBN, you don't have to use the original title. Plain old "Bush" or "Chimpy" or "Idiotboy" can be substituted for "President Bush" if you wish.

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It may turn out W is a uniter after all.