BUSH MEETS AND GREETS ; LATIN AMERICA GETS PISSED OFF

There are very few countries in the world where George Bush is popular. Nigeria is one, apparently. But he sure as hell ain´t popular in his own country, in his biggest ally´s country (the UK), in the rest of Europe, in Africa, in the Middle East (no-brainer) or (probably) in Outer Mongolia (Outer Mongolian readers can correct me on this if they know otherwise).

But if the Middle East had a football match with Latin America to test which continent hated him most, it´d probably be a high-scoring draw. The man is deeply unpopular here - ubiquitous graffiti tells its own story : "FUERA BUSH", "BUSH ASESINO" etc etc. In a recent survey about the US´s foreign policy, Argentinians were the most hostile respondents in the world.

There have been a number of reports on Bush´s visit, the huge protests his visit has provoked, and the reasons why he is viewed here with such searing animosity. They do the job of explaining it better than I could, so click here and here. And in case you`re not a regular reader, type words like "Latin America", "Bolivia", "Argentinia" etc into the search engine up the top for more HL articles.

Meanwhile, some pictures of the protests (and an SB cartoon at the end)...

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY

SAO PAOLO, BRASIL

SAO PAOLO, BRASIL

SAO PAOLO, BRASIL