Current event in South America are perhaps the mostly sadly overlooked piece of news  in todays world.  The intergration of South America could be one of the greatest stories of out times, or one of the worst.  The Bush administration has already tried to trip off a proxy war between Columbia and Venezuela earlier this year, and they seem damn intent on taking sr Chavez out.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg