(06-29-2015 06:00 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 05:52 PM)vandiver49 Wrote:  We've been trying to work with Mexico for over 20 years. I think the illegal immigration issue in the US speaks volumes about its success. Many South American countries are in a crisis no different than Brazil. My issue is that I want to avoid the likes of China and Russia floating them funds to keep them afloat.

One problem. China can afford to, we can't.

that certainly complicates matters

(06-29-2015 06:00 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(06-29-2015 05:52 PM)vandiver49 Wrote:  We've been trying to work with Mexico for over 20 years. I think the illegal immigration issue in the US speaks volumes about its success. Many South American countries are in a crisis no different than Brazil. My issue is that I want to avoid the likes of China and Russia floating them funds to keep them afloat.

One problem. China can afford to, we can't.

China is going to have an uprising if they don't find a way to silence a growing population of disenfranchised youth that are watching as all of the collective profit from their labor is funneled into corrupt party members.

When I see China have a better standard of life, then I'll worry. They don't have the money to float Mexico, either.

Someone mentioned Serbia and the other Eastern Bloc countries in that area. One reason Serbia doesn't like us so much is because of our support for Albania and Kosovo. I think I saw somewhere that Albania has the most pro-US view in the world, due primarily to our intervention in the Yugoslav War in Kosovo.