My Current Readings #12

An article from NYtimes.com titled "Venezuela Wants Trade Group to Embrace Anti-Imperialism" written by Larry Rohter. There was a large meeting on Thursday with South Americans contemplating whether the Mercosur trade group should proceed in their emphasis of economic integration, or not. The other side of it is that Brazil and Argentina would rather have an alliance made with an "anti-imperialist." A reason things are being decided between and discussed so thoroughly is because there has been major outbursts of gang violence. Also, some are saying that it was quite the mistake to ever allow Chavez into Mercosur, mainly because 1. he really wants to control it and 2. he is Lula's biggest rival. Lula was Brazil's foreign minister previously, also very opposite of Chavez. These kinds of issues that are being so wildly thought out are involved with Imperialism because it is all these other foreign places that are being brought in with South America and people are not sure if that is right.