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Submitted by .AURELIO ZUÑIGA RAMIREZ from International and Environment Consulting Mallin Ltda (Chile), May 15, 2003 at 18:56

Tota ella mente pergendum est,
ubi provideri bebet,
ne res nos,
non verba decipiant,

So you see, I come from latin culture, South Chile ,Tierra del Fuego. America. I should like to begin my theme in latin words, but you no speak latin. To respectfully establish, if you, so pleases, and in order to make a necessary clarification, the intention of the plaintiffs to enter a loyal and rational debate, in a sprit of harmony, over the issues ilustrated in full detail.

To any objective observer, if you look a map of the America continent you must to think what America is North America(Canada, USA, Mexico), Centre America and South America. And then, when sou says America as a country is complitly wrong. In other words America is a big continet, America is no USA, America is not a country,and consequently USA is a small part of the America. It is also clear that constant or diference between Latin-culture and anglo culture(USA). The anglo and european ego attidude had been to build a great culture wall. My point of view represents a fundamental break into debate. In this tradition latin we can to see chilean poets as Gabriela Mistral (Nobel Prize 1945), She said: The latin and greek legacy is in South America , for us, America a point (no USA). It is evident , amazing what the theme Europa versus USA (no America) represents an old point of wiew .

the tendency to think of the two ways, so to speak. The us / them confrontation ins the most persistent theme in this debate. To what extent in this dichotomy between "us" and them a cultural artifact, cultural wrong. For European culture today, similar USA culture attitude is a dichotomy can take a variety forms- The natives versus foreigner, the friends versus the foe, the familiar versus the strange, the Orient versus the Occident, the East versus West, the North versus the South. the developed versus the developing countries, and so on.

My first proposition is that the culture of us/them has died. My thesis is that Europe versus USA is out. I wiil agree with you, of courses. my thesis is green.

In contrast, in the South Pacific Ocean area are tolerant. We could speak about a new continent, South Pacific Ocean at the centre of the history. I think USA is decline by intolerance. The question is, we must find out if Europe has no tolerance.

my best regards
Aurelio Zuñiga from South Pacific

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