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Putin in Latin America

During his Latin American tour President Putin never said the voyage was a response to US-led NATO provocative activities near the Russian borders. He never made any statements of confrontational nature, no matter the US used the aggravated crisis in Ukraine to flex its muscle along the Russian borders... The trip encompassed Cuba, Nicaragua, Argentina and Brazil. Nothing like this has ever happened in the days of the Soviet Union... There is each and every ground to talk about renaissance of Latin-US relationship...  Nil NIKANDROV | 16.07.2014 http://www.strategic-culture.org/authors/nil-nikandrov.html