Fidel Castro knows this, and will take advantage of the democracies’ diluted commitment to human rights and democracy. In each country where conflict is present or emerging (Bolivia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Paraguay, and Ecuador) the hard-left will push hard, the democracies will look the other way, and Obama will either give in (as at the OAS) and pay a domestic political price, or step back from Latin America, for fear of appearing isolated.
因此这些拉美民主国家不愿在任何可能跟ALBA国家发生冲突的议题上于之对抗。而古巴领导人菲德尔·卡斯特罗早就看透了这一点，并利用民主国家在人权和民主事务上说一套做一套的事实大做文章。以至于在每个正在或即将发生冲突的国家（比如玻利维亚、危地马拉、萨尔瓦多、巴拉圭和厄瓜多尔），极左势力都会大肆活动，那些拉美民主国家也只能挣一只眼闭一只眼，而奥巴马要么举手投降（正如在美洲国家组织大会上那样）并在美国国内的抗议声中输掉政治资本，要么就害怕显得孤立而对拉美地区望而却步。事已至此，一个重启美国和拉美关系新篇章的绝佳机会，也将彻底消失。