Clinton Sees China, Iran Inroads in Latin America - Paul Richter, Los Angeles Times

Clinton Sees China, Iran Inroads in Latin America - Paul Richter, Los Angeles Times.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton charged Friday that China and Iran have made "quite disturbing" gains in Latin America, the result of Bush administration efforts to isolate its adversaries in the hemisphere. In a blunt assessment and warning, Clinton said that while the Bush administration was working to make countries such as Venezuela and Cuba "international pariahs," China and Iran were building "very strong economic and political connections" across the region. "I don't think that's in our interest," she said, appearing before a group of Foreign Service officers and defending the Obama administration's strategy of reaching out to leaders such as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuban President Raul Castro.
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