If Obama wants to encourage moderate and democratic politics in South America, and to bolster Brazil’s efforts to foster stability and economic progress against the region’s radical and undemocratic forces, it must take greater care in not appearing to undermine those the US claims to support. For Chávez is showing that the old cry of “Yankee go home” still resonates.
如果奥巴马想要鼓励在南美实行温和与民主的政治，并支持巴西对抗该地区的激进和非民主力量，以实现稳定和经济进步的努力，他就必须倍加小心不要给人口蜜腹剑的印象。因为查韦斯正让人意识到“美国佬滚回去”的经典呼号仍然回响在耳边。