>Dragan,
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>>>There are several areas where Brazil doesn't behave like a decent client/market country, but shows serius symptoms of thinking with their own head.
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>I'd be interested to know what countries are decent "client/market" countries that do not think for themselves. Care to name any, or is that just a political slogan? ;-)
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>Regards
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>j.r

For a start, most countries in South America and Central America have often done about anything the United States wanted of them. Nor is the United States to be blamed alone: this situation is just as much the fault of certain politicians in the developing countries, hoping to get advantages out of the deal.

For example, much of what Bolivia has been doing in recent years has been dominated by the U.S. influence, much to the chagrin of many Bolivians. I will cite one specific case of the U.S. trying to influence Bolivia: in one of the recent elections for president, the U.S. embassador made a public statement, that the population had better not vote for one of the candidates, Evo Morales. This particular interference turned out to be counterproductive; it seems that many people voted for him who would not have done so otherwise. He didn't become president yet, though.