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U.S. politics over the next four years will be rooted in patriotism and religion, an 'explosive combination' that will require Latin Americans to 'arm themselves with strength, courage and bravery,' according to Portuguese writer José Saramago, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature.
Saramago spoke to writers and journalists this week in Caracas....
'Things will undoubtedly be very bad for Latin America,' the writer predicted. 'You only have to consider the ambitions and the doctrines of the empire, which regards this region as its backyard,' he said.
At an earlier speaking engagement in Bogotá, Colombia, Saramago called Bush 'the biggest liar on the planet.' He added that if the U.S. president ever decides to focus on the region, Latin America should tremble with fear. 'I could say the same about Africa, but I don't want to create an international panic,' he joked.
Turning his attention to the rest of the world, Saramago told his audience in Caracas that the United States will never leave Iraq, 'because it needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan....'
[W]henever he addresses the subject of international politics 'I always ask two questions, and only two: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?'
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