The first consideration involves the ALBA countries’ conduct of foreign policy. Given that the smaller countries do not act independently of Venezuela, and that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez does not act without Cuba’s guidance on weighty matters such as these, it is now clear that the Cubans and their allies will cut US President Barack Obama no slack on Latin American issues.
第一点思考包含了ALBA国家对其外交政策的操纵手段。考虑到那些拉美小国不可能抛开委内瑞拉行事，而委内瑞拉总统雨果·查韦斯也不可能在这类重要事务上不看古巴的眼色做人，因此很明显，古巴及其盟友们可不会让美国总统奥巴马在拉美事务上有好日子过。