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    <body>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; "&gt;N&lt;/span&gt;o cabe duda que la decisi&#243;n de Obama de fichar a Hillary Clinton como su adalid diplom&#225;tico es brillante. El hawaiano sabe muy bien que, despu&#233;s del suyo, el apellido Clinton es la marca pol&#237;tica que m&#225;s vende fuera de EEUU. A los progres con aspiraciones intelectuales nos cae bien, las mujeres las miran como ejemplo a emular, la acompa&#241;a el carisma de su esposo.&#160;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Adem&#225;s, conoce bien los tejes y manejos de Washington. Ha pasado mucho tiempo en el Capitolio. Eso es muy importante para quien tiene que llevar las riendas de la pol&#237;tica americana. A ves es dif&#237;cil para nosotros, los extranjeros, comprender la enorme importancia que tiene el Congreso en la pol&#237;tica exterior americana.&#160;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;La Constitution, si bien en principion asigna la competencia de las relaciones internacionales al Ejecutivo, da una gran importancia al parlamento. Los principales tratados internacionales deben pasar por la aprobaci&#243;n del Senado. En el caso de los acuerdos de libre comercio, por ejemplo, el Congreso, y particularmente la Comisi&#243;n de &#160; Maneras y Medios, participa activamente en los procesos de &#160;y aprobaci&#243;n. En materia de seguridad, lo mismo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Tal es la importancia del Congreso en la pol&#237;tica exterior, que los prinicipales grupos de presi&#243;n interesados en influenciar la pol&#237;tica exterior del gobierno invierten una gran cantidad de tiempo y recursos convenciendo a los parlamentarios (Ej. Lobby cubano-americano, Lobby israel&#237;, Lobby indio, etc.). Muchos de estos grupos son muy eficaces a la hora de frustar cualquier iniciativa del Departamento de Estado.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</body>
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    <title>La diplomacia Clinton I.</title>
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F&#237;jense el modus operandi del lobby israel&#237;, como destruyen la carrera de un congresista, como los profesores nisiquiera pueden hablar del tema sin que les caiga encima el poder del lobby israel&#237;.</body>
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    <body>Vean este interesante video sobre el poder del lobby israel&#237; en Estados Unidos. Analiza su influencia en la pol&#237;tica exterior americana. Es muy bueno. Est&#225; disponible en 5 partes en Youtube.




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La verdad es que Obama no es muy conciso a la hora de responder a una simple pregunta: &#191;Qu&#233; piensa hacer para evitar la desmedida influencia de los grupos de ineter&#233;s?


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Segunda parte del discurso de Obama. Aqu&#237; habla sobre los contratos y el dinero gastado en Irak. Aqu&#237; explica muy bien su posici&#243;n al respecto. Dice,, y con raz&#243;n, que todos los ciudadanos tienen derecho a organizarse y tratar de influir en las desiciones del gobierno. Sin embargo, se&#241;ala que lo que pasa ahora es que el congreso ha sido secuestrado por los grupos de inter&#233;s. V&#233;anlo


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    <body>Ver discurso de Obama sobre el poder del Lobby corporativo en Estados Unidos. POne ejemplos muy buenos sobre la influencia del sector farmac&#233;utico, las empresas petroleras y las instituciones financieras.






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    <body>La asociaci&#243;n empresarial m&#225;s tradicional de los Estados Unidos, The National Association of Manufacturers, verdadero gigante del lobby corporativo en EEUU, ha planteado una acci&#243;n judicial pidiendo que se declare inconstitucional ciertas disposiciones de la &lt;A id=link_0 title=http://www.govtrack.us/data/us/bills.text/110/s/s1.pdf href="http://www.govtrack.us/data/us/bills.text/110/s/s1.pdf"&gt;Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007&lt;/A&gt;. Dicha constituye el esfuerzo m&#225;s reciente del Parlamento americano por limitar la influenica de los grupos de inter&#233;s y transparentar sus procedimientos.

 La asociaci&#243;n de fabricantes considera inconstitucional la disposici&#243;n de la ley mencionada por la cual se obliga a las organizaciones de este tipo a develar los nombres de la personas o empresas que donen m&#225;s de 5000 d&#243;lares a los legisladores. 

  

 Les copio la noticia del Wall Street Journal:

  

 &lt;H1 class=articleTitle style="MARGIN: 0px"&gt;Lobbyists Sue 
Over Disclosure 
In Ethics Law&lt;/H1&gt; &lt;DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT: bold 12px times new roman, times, serif; PADDING-TOP: 12px"&gt;&lt;SPAN id=byl style="FONT: bold 12px times new roman, times, serif"&gt;By &lt;B&gt;BRODY MULLINS&lt;/B&gt;
&lt;SPAN class=aTime&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;FONT color=#666666 size=2&gt;February 7, 2008; Page A8&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;
&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;P class=times&gt;WASHINGTON -- A large industry-lobbying group filed a lawsuit yesterday to overturn a central provision in an ethics law enacted by Congress last year.

 &lt;P class=times&gt;The ethics law, called the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, sought to loosen the ties between lobbyists and lawmakers while shining more light on how lobbyists ply their trade. One provision took aim at large lobbying coalitions by requiring the publication of all entities that contribute more than $5,000 a quarter.

 &lt;P class=times&gt;The National Association of Manufacturers says the provision would require traditional trade associations to disclose names of their members for the first time. The lawsuit says trade groups have a First Amendment right not to make public the names of their member companies. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, the Secretary of the Senate and the clerk of the House of Representatives.

 &lt;P class=times&gt;John Engler, the president of the manufacturers' trade group and former Michigan governor, said the law is a "potentially lethal threat" because it would discourage joining the lobbying coalitions. Jim Manley, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.), defended the law, saying it "mandates appropriate public disclosure."

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