I think we decided we didn't like this new informal organization of Lefty leaning Latin American countries and bribed #2 to piss off #1, ending the cooperation between the two. Seems to have been pretty effective, assuming that was indeed the goal.
I could have sworn Chavez and de silva had a little joint petro-chem plant development ceremony today , that lefty coca farmer Morales was there too .
Venezuela has not cancelled the ethanol project with Brazil , just scaled it back . Castro and Ortega are the ones that are out of it , but neither is laying any blame on Brazil for the problem . The blame is being directed at Americas anti-cuba policies , not a great time for those policies to be highlighted considering the regional gathering starting tomorrow .