Michael Shifter Quotes
Much in the way Fidel Castro did for a half century, he said what a lot of Latin Americans would like to be able to say about the United States in a public forum, but don't and can't afford to. 
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The Rumsfeld comment is further proof that the administration doesn't have a coherent policy. There are very conflicting signals.
- Michael Shifter
Clearly in Latin America, things are not happening the way the United States would like to see them happen. And the question is: Will the US try to be more engaged and be supportive of the people who believe in the same thing as it does, or will it react to these trends as threats to the US, which could turn them into a self-fulfilling prophecy?
- Michael Shifter