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• [1] Enrique from Elizabeth, NJ April 13, 2009 - 01:06PM

  How can we save the world for the misinformation about latin-america (...or better yet: how can we save the world -and Jeb, comment#1- from Otto Reich)?

  
  
• [2] RC April 13, 2009 - 01:35PM

  Jeb,

  The only similarity that most places around the world have is that they are all complicated places, where populations, histories, geographies, climate etc.. all play a role in development. You could say be a major in South/Latin American studies (if there is such a thing) in undergrad and probably not understand things with the depth that is necessary.

  May I suggest that you stop reading headlines, or the first paragraphs of talking points or agenda driven media/blogs and go out and educate yourself on say the history of one of the countries you are attempting to talk about.

  
  
• [3] the truth from Atlanta/New York April 13, 2009 - 01:44PM

  Took the words right out of my mouth: They are Americans too!

  
  
• [4] john Riddle from brooklyn April 13, 2009 - 01:46PM

  The word Gringo is derived from the words Green Coats.

  If you lived in L.A. you know this well

  
  
• [5] john Riddle from brooklyn April 13, 2009 - 01:48PM

  green coats U.S. Military = green coats + Gringo

  
  
• [6] Phoebe from NJ April 13, 2009 - 01:54PM

  Jeb. You are a fool and a racist.

  
  
• [7] Karen from Westchester April 13, 2009 - 02:01PM

  Thanks for reminding me, commentators, that the far left is as stupid as the far right - well, almost

  
  
• [8] melanie from new jersey April 13, 2009 - 02:09PM

  Jeb, you have issues. I was born in U.S. but I grew up in Chile. I'm so proud of it and your words are sad music for me ears. Thank God you are a nobody.

  You say that we can't do anything right and that we tried the neoliberalism and we failed. Well, let me tell you that that system was imposed by the U.S. helped by the dictator also imposed by the U.S. The U.S. gave enough money to change our history because it was afraid of a socialist government. Well, history repeats itself. Now we have a socialist government by a democratic process (again) and the best economy in South America. And you know what? Our economy is more secure than the one in U.S. because we are not 100% neo-liberals. Because we are smarted than that and decided to fixed what the Chicago boys did in the '80s.

  Also, the right thing is not capitalism, neo-liberalism, or any ism. Is what the country needs to go through to be able to grow under they own time. We don't want to be U.S. We want to be US.

  
  
• [9] melanie from new jersey April 13, 2009 - 02:10PM

  oh! and gringo comes from the green coat the had. Mexicans asked them to go home, so they will scream at them 'GREEN GO" or gringo, as we know it now.

  
  
• [10] Enrique from Elizabeth, NJ April 13, 2009 - 02:10PM

  Jeb,

  travel dude. Travel!

  Then look at the old and latest statistics of "happiness" around the world (industrialized world vs. "third world"), you'll find out how the meaning of the word "prosperous" represents something totally different between these two...

  And, how you are clearly trapped in the wrong one -obviously-.

  
  
• [11] Leo from Queens April 13, 2009 - 03:58PM

  Jeb,

  I assume that the solution is to CONTINUE the extermination of the 'indigenous' people. Ah, the European white man's burden!!. You obviously know nothing about Latin America. I lived and worked in Chile for over a year in the mid 90's. Their system had NO safety nets and the 'privatized' (meaning handing of pensions to a couple of well connected neo-nazi families owning the Chilean banks) pension system had major problems as people were paying exhorbitant fees and they were totally dependent on the fluctuations of the market for their pensions. The Fascist dictatorship of Pinochet led to the concentration of wealth on the hands of a few conservative families, impoverishment of the majority, and a very restricted education system that was only available for the few with money.

  Another simple question: If European 'whites' value property rights how is it that a continent filled with 'indigenous' people and NO WHITES in 1492 ends up with MOST of the land and sources of wealth and production owned by the few whites who settled and constituted a very small percentage of the overall population.

  Jeb you should be the poster boy for the corrupt, organized crime controlled financial system which fleeced trillions of our real dollars of our 401(k)s, investments and savings. Not the paper wealth your fellow 'European' thieves used to hide their theft and transfer our savings to themselves in the form of multimillion dollar salaries and bonuses

  
  
• [12] Steve Carter from East Village April 15, 2009 - 06:54PM

  It's funny I had at one time heard that "Gringo" came from someone overhearing yanks sing "Green Grow the lilacs all sparkling with dew. . ."

  Green Grow turned into Gringo.