I'm more concerned about his disrespect of lower classes in all countries, US and Latin America included.

The illegality of drugs is fraudulent, futile, fiscally irresponsible and destructive to society. Legalization would solve many of our Latin American problems, save lives and lots of money.

Would like to see more movement on both sides of drug problem.  More trade with Latin America instead of Asia would be beneficial to the countries of the Western hemisphere.

I have no objection to migration.  The narco traffic problem would end if we treated narcotic use as a health problem instead of a crime.

All of these issues concern me deeply. Bush and his advisors' judgment in all matters concerns me deeply.

Bush is bad for Latin America and for the USA, for that matter.

He is not for my people at all.  I will accept further emails from you if I may.

To early to judge Bush’s policy. Need to solve the migration problem and help with the economic ones.

Apart from a desire to control, a desire for pure power, there is the fact that hemp (marijuana) threatens so many in the plutocracy - the oil industry (fuel for cars and many other fuels, oil for plastics, explosives and many other things which now rely on petrochemicals), the pharmaceutical industry (marijuana is very efficacious in treating a large list of health issues - including reducing tumors, easing stress, relaxing muscle spasms, treating anorexia, migraines, chronic pain, sleep disorders and the list goes on), the forestry industry and paper industry (hemp can produce over 4 times the paper per acre as trees without need of acids and dioxins), the cotton industry, the textile industry and the pesticide industry (hemp can produce stronger and finer fabrics without the need for pesticides) and other sundry industries.  That hemp can be grown nearly anywhere and by most anybody is a scary thing for those who now have control based on money made from exploiting the people in all these areas.  So we see a keen battle to ensure that hemp never becomes a contender.

Never mind that, by growing hemp, the soil is enriched, the air is oxygenated, and the two worst offenders in global warming - using petrochemicals for energy and cutting down forests - would be mitigated.  Never mind that hemp would offer a long step in "saving the planet" - the plutocracy only cares about the power they gain in keeping the status quo, "justifying" the rape of our rights to battle those "evil" drugs.

And Bush is a puppet to that plutocracy.  Money controls the media, and money assists in pushing fundamentalist Christian concepts into the limelight - they are, after all, so good at promoting war against our citizens, at promoting the idea that we "must" control the citizens in this land of the "free."

This was a little early in President's Bush's term to fully evaluate the current policy.

Narcotrafficking is the greatest threat to democratization and economic development in Latin America.  The US has made Latin America the scapegoat for its own failure to control its narcotics demand, which is the driving force behind the narcotics industry and its corrupting influences.  I disagree with the current focus on crop eradication.  The emphasis should be on the elimination of demand through education and decriminalization of use.

Illegal migration from China is a major concern and should be vigorously monitored. Negative attitudes towards the US is of great concern.

I do not like the fact that there are so many people that are in this country on work visa's taking jobs away from Americans. Using the programs in the US, and are not paying for them. I feel like I am supporting them, with medical, food programs. housing programs that the government is paying for and they are not even citizens of the US.  And there are so many people in this country that do not work and just let the government take care of them. The third and fourth generations that are on welfare, that tax payers like myself have been supporting for years.

It is really to early to rate Bush. My chief concern is the corruption in Latin American Governments (and the US) that allows for the oppression of people and the trafficking in drugs.

President Bush has been in office less than 100 days...much too short a time for anyone to honestly determine with any accuracy his policy toward Latin America.  Suggest you conduct your poll 6-9 months from now if you are really interested in meaningful results

 I feel that President Bush May be handling dealings with Central and South America Poorly. HE SEEMS FAR TOO LENIENT AND WILLING TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO BE INVADED. I do not consider Migration to be a problem. People move all the time. Whether it is from Washington D.C. to New York or Arkansas to Attica people seem to move on the average about every four years I believe the statistics say. MIGRATION IS NOT A PROBLEM, NOR IS LEGAL IMMIGRATION; EMPHASIS ON LEGAL. Corruption does seem to be a problem as evidenced by the defeat of Bob Dornan in Orange County and the shoddy manner in which the presidential election was nearly tossed by an early, EXTREMELY EARLY, and erroneous call before the polls had even closed in any of the states which seemed very oddly timed to coincide with west coast rush hour and was not retracted until rush hour was over and the dinner hour had begun. That screams to me of corruption, but where can one lay the blame except on the gullibility of the American public who allowed a certain individual to come into and retain power between 1992 and 2000.  Narcotraffic is a problem also and there is no simple solution to it, BUT RESTRICTING FREE ACCESS TO OUR NATION BY THOSE COUNTRIES WHERE THE NARCOTICS ARE PRODUCED WOULD HELP.  America still has one of the strongest economies going despite the best efforts of those who were in power for the last eight years, however they do seem to be destroying California's economy quite well; AND THEY ARE STILL IN POWER THERE. As far as our political stability as a nation; I have and have had my doubts about our ability to survive as a nation if we continue to make excuses for those who would destroy us. However, I do still feel that The United States of America has one of the most stable and beneficial forms of government that this world has seen. California and Florida seem to be particularly challenged as to their stability due to passive foreign invasion, also referred to as illegal immigration. Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico seem to be next on the list and the loss of any of these five states could severely jeopardize the stability of the rest of the nation as a whole.

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I think many of these areas are being addressed in new ways and I believe it is too early to determine if they are still issues.  I believe the Western Hemisphere, if we work together, can provide large amounts of mutual benefit.  I also believe cultural sensitivity is critical in being able to accomplish this.  This sensitivity will enable all sides to assess both strengths and deficiencies, looking to each other to fill some of those gaps.

Also the environment, peace and justice, national  accountability to and respect for indigenous peoples and their  traditional lifeways. There is room on the planet for all lifestyles (except those who cannot tolerate the existence of others.) The age of scarcity is ended. We can begin living with the best life potential for every individual, family, group, race, religion, nation, and society, with less waste, less energy use, less impact on the water/oxygen/gravity-providing planet we occupy. We are ready to assume the role of world stewardship as soon as present philosophies like "free-market" consumption-based capitalism pass naturally into
history. 

Latin America has always been the playground of United States economic interests to the detriment of the people living there. Bush will remove the few impediments to this state of affairs and return Latin America to hostage status.

Still too early in Bush's administration to make sound judgment on his progress or lack of such.  Like some of the hemispheric economic talk, but have concerns over Labor issues, environmental and the like.  If such can be worked out, good deal for all.  Exclusion of Cuba is also stupid in my estimation.  Cuba must be in on talks if this is to be successful.

The influx of aliens without education becoming a larger poor class bothers me. I am pleased that the Latino culture in America has found its own base and is expanding economically but the tolerance for crime and criminal behaviors among refugees and the bilking of funds by people who have never contributed to the system remains a terrible tax on the workers of America who cannot even send their own children to school at times. These are inequities that will always be faced in a world where there is no simple loan and repayment system that allows people to c! limb out of poverty and then help someone else out behind them.