January 20, 2010 Obama and the World: Latin America  Christopher
Sabatini, the senior director of policy for the Council of the
Americas, and Shannon O’Neil, a fellow in Latin American studies
at the Council on Foreign Relations, join Martin Savidge to
discuss U.S. foreign policy.  They discuss natural resources,
relations with Cuba, Venezuela and the war on drugs.  To view
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   Email     The term ‘third world’ isn’t some pejorative that
indicates one’s bias against the ‘developing world.’ It’s a
colloquialism. That said, I am not surprised someone like Pirl
would attempt to establish some kind of credibility because he
uses de rigueur terminolog