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  • esa si que es una vision clara. Nunca anter habia escuchado a ningun lider norteamericano decir que la respuesta a la violencia es promocion de educacion, generacion de trabajos y lucha contra la pobreza. Mi parte favorita: people that lives in fear does not care if they are being thretened by guerrillas, paramilitary or narcos. his proposals for the ecology are common sense nunca pense que ese pais ofreciera esperanza real para latinoamerica, hasta que llego obama. OBAMA/BIDEN 08.

  • Barack Obama has an extreme misunderstanding about the US role in Latin America. In the past 100 years the US has propped up or sponsored dictators through out the region who supported American business interest at the expense of the people. The Guatemalan death squads, Somoza, Pinochet, Hugo Banzer, and the Atlacatl Battalion are among the many oppressive regimes endorsed by the United States, whose officers were trained at the School of the Americas.

  • I beg to disagree. If you listen closely once again you will find that Obama around 16:00 talks about right-wing paramilitaries and left-wing insurgents. "Your either soft on communism or your soft on death squads" follows right after aluring to the previous foreign policy. This overall message is that Washington should oppose both left-wing and right-wing despotism.

    Obama showed a clear understanding that our policy towards LA has been wrong and that it should be changed.

  • Neo-liberalism and free trade have further solidified a longstanding system of debt creation, exploitation, and the expropriation of their natural resources while American tax payers subsidize a foreign policy that created the de-regulated free for all south of the border only to see their jobs exported there.

  • Hands OFF Latin America!!! Worry about your own country Mr. Obama...

  • President Obama leading America to what it was meant to be one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Obama 08

  • OBAMA 08.

  • Did anyone see a script??

  • The next president of the united states!!!!!

  • We are so there!!!!

    Viva Obama!!!

  • Obama reminds me of Teddy Roosevelt...

  • I can already see Mr.Obama as president. The way he talks, his words so powerful and strong, full of hope and desperately wanting to help those in need, is simply incredible. OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!!

  • He must win.

    And he will.

  • At last, a Presidential candidate who brings forward a constructive and intelligent foreign policy. The problem was never America using its influence abroad, it was America using its influence *unwisely*, as it did under Bush. Obama knows the good America can do and I've no doubt he's competent enough to achieve genuine positive change in places like Cuba.

  • ...And we choose RENEWING of old politics, for an america who looks further than borders...so all i can say is; make the right choice;

    OBAMA 08

  • Do we cubans give him an opportunity? Ummm, honestly I am starting to like this guy,so bad I am a republican but I do really care about my country and it needs to be liberated.His plans can be be maybe too naive, too stupid or maybe it is genious. Maybe we can give him an opportunity and see how it works. I thank him for thinking about us cubans.Thanks.

  • In Venezuala Chavez fought a class war where the 20% media controlled right tried to over throw him and FAILED! 80% poor supporters took back the presidency even in the face of the false media. WE have bad Karma with Cuba already after we shunned Castro in NY by sending VP Nixon to dis him off, sending him straight to the russians. Iran is surrounded by US troops, what do you think that will do for understanding?

  • Obama is like a 50 point iq jump over Mccain. Your watching someone who knows hes right on every issue and he knows hes especially right against Republicans. The Republicans are going to get railed this season and I have my front seat and my popcorn ready cause its gonna be GOOOOOOOOD!!

  • He has the most sophisticated and deepest understanding of the complicated issues and relations in the Americas and the rest of the World.

    I think if we put all brains in the the current administration together, they still can't even come up with a single statement that is even close to the dept of what Obama addressed on every one of his sentences in this speech.

    Obama 08!

  • Why hasn't anyone in Obama's camp jumped on the Laura Nyro song, "Save the Country"?

  • A strong attraction for citizens is consistency. Politicians have a stigma of being double crossers. Obama has been the most consistent and therefore most promising candidate in my eyes. I admit I was a Clinton supporter until recently because of her ground. She isn't showing fortitude that a president should have. Because of her shifts in demeanor, I find more confidence with Obama whose message remained one of optimism and activism- the two elements for change, for progress.

  • actually ron paul is, by far, the most consistent presidential hopeful. But I'm just nitpicking now. ;D

    Obama is a pretty good choice, and considering the options left, I'm glad he's going to win.

    Ron paul isn't going to win.Though I'm still voting for him, if only out of principal.

  • Obama!

    All I can say.

  • Here is a man who on all his trips around the Americas talk about what must be done and what he will do. All I here clinton doing is talking about the votes in Michigan and Florida. Come on, it's obvious to who we should vote for. Talking about the Americas? WOW! OBAMA '08, how any plainer can this be?

  • What an amazing, inspiring speech. Erudite. Powerful. Forward-thinking. Educated. 100% right-on.

  • This is a shot heard around the world. Allowing remittances -- wow! That will fundamentally shift the money supply there, affect inflation in the island, and really change prosperity of the common people.

    Wow. Just... wow!

  • as a Canadian, I think Obama,will forever change the image that bush has engraved the world with.

    The best of future to the US,when Obama is elected.

  • When Obama speaks I listen.

    When Hillary speaks I get angry.

    When Mcain speaks I turn it off.

    America be smart-Listen carefully. You need to pick a president who is able to clean up the mess made already by the Bush/Mcain leadership. Obama can heal destroyed relationships with the rest of the world.

    Vote Obama!!!

  • Gracias a dios! I'm happy that Barack is addressing Latin America. US relations with our neighboors need to be drastically improved. Obama touts common sense and vision which is what we need right now.

  • He's a good public speaker, with very strong held opinions. But geez, 30 minutes in one youtube video. I feel bad for the guy doing this all day every day lol.

  • mm, Triangles and stars. sexy

  • President Barack Obama,

    Sounds good doesn't it.

    The brightest future for our cloudy days.

    OBAMA 08

    Thanks

    scorpi2000

  • awesome

  • We're with you all the way Barack!

  • great speach on Cuba, telling the truth that communism is more likely to be brought down by tourists and coca-cola, not isolation.

    .. I'm waiting for his energy speach. Will he dare tell the truth that oil should have been more expensive long ago, with a higher gas-tax: that would have prepared the US for the inevitable high oil prices that we have now.

  • is the capitalist market idea of freedom really free? does being able to buy what you want for a tempory state of happiness equal freedom. Is this any more free than the cuban governments system? I see Obama as the best of all possible presidents, but I think the concept of consumerism as a system for freedom should be questioned and debated, and unfortunately he makes the assumption that this is the cure to the 'tyranny' of cuba and indeed many other countries around the world.

  • I support Obama, this speech was crap. Obama cannot speak Spanish. It is LIBERTAD he did not pronounce it correctly-nice try though. ALL AMERICANS should be allowed to travel to Cuba! USA and Cuba should have normal relations which we do not. USA cannot force any country to chance by telling them what we (USA) want them to do!

  • Despite all of our nation's problems, look at what we were able to produce. I want OBama's America so badly.

  • Change is coming. Obama President of the United States of America.

  • It is so good to listen to a politician who can form an intelligent idea and communicate it to the citizens. It has been so long... since JFK!

  • great speech like allways..

  • You have to stop deleting comments.

    This is complete BS.

    China's censorship has nothing on the Obama channel.

  • im a Obama girl. :)

    President Obama

  • TWO THUMBS UP

    Vote for who offers the BEST

    BARACK OBAMA TAKES THE WHITE HOUSE 08

  • I think he will become president in November. I hope he does b/c Hilary doesn't have enough money McCain will NOT get us out of war my only issue with Obama is he might not have enough experience.

    OBAMA 08

  • What a beautiful speech... Obama has a way with words...

  • Finally, a politician that understands that every failed policy of the US also affects the whole American continent.

    Barack is a true Leader for the Americas!

  • Bravo!

  • Go Obama go!

  • ONLY AMERICAN RACISTS would keep up embargo's on people living just a few hundred miles away - starve them into submission.

  • Yes we can make the world a little bite better.

    OBAMA.

  • Direct Diplomacy!

  • I look forward to these intelligent discussions from our future president.

  • Awesome! The world's watching Obama, go you!

  • I am not from Cuba! I am a Christian from Beirut/Lebanon.

    while my vote may not count,

    I ams still for: OBAMA

    men like him appear rarely in History -

    We sure can do well with someone like him down here.

    Good Luck Obama/USA - God Bless, and hope you change the world ....

  • Canada salutes you President Obama

  • riteflite: if you want your negative opinons noted, go where they are appreciated. We know that anyone can dig into what the future president is saying and find something that you don't like, people like you are good at that. But what are your plans or the other candidates or even better your neo-con commentors plans? I, like many others like his PLANS. We must try, we are going to hell in the way the past 8 years has presented.

  • What a great leader, i am from Bolivia and I really hope for the future of the world than Obama becomes the next president of EEUU

    Vamos Obama

  • Barack Obama will lead us through these dangerous times

    Go Barack obama!!

  • I hope he can be the next president of the US and also do not get kill. Why? Because the republicans are highly intolerant and they act like in a very fascist way.

  • FREE CUBA!

  • The next American President has spoken.

  • This man is very special - I will be heartbroken if he is not the next president of this Country.

    Obama 2008

  • excellent !

  • I wish I can cast him one vote every time I hear such a great speech on Youtube!

  • Gas is up to $4.06, ohh boy.

  • ladies and gentlemen... and posters. as an american living in korea at the moment, i've become jaded with respect to the next american election. this speech, in all of its glory, has reminded me why obama is such a suitable candidate. juntos se puede. con obama el futuro del mundo puede cambiar. hay esperanza! paz.

    obama you have recaptured mi corazón!

  • why doesn't Hillary quit, she has no chance of winning

  • Obama...The Next American

  • go obama. hopfully people open there eyes and see who the right choice is. i go to aol politics and the comments they leave are amazing.......well amazing that im living in the same country as them. they call obama musslim and call him a stupid black. its horrendus there bringing down there own country. open your eyes obama is what we need

  • If we do not elect this great man, then we truly don't deserve him.

  • This is a campaign channel. It is absolutely fine with me if they require "comment pending approval"

    ...because if they did not, the comments would be overwhelmed with every kind of garbage, gossip and profanity you could think of.

    ( and plenty that you could never have imagined )

    ...again, since this is a campaign channel, I expect comment approval, and I believe anybody running a campaign would be smart to do the same.

  • So far i never heard any politician speak like him a far contrast from the others. people stop trying to pin things on this man stop trying to find an excuse...He is the man

  • If he wants to continue the embargo on Cuba, he should embargo China. If not, the embargo on Cuba continues to be a hypocrisy and the reason given for it will continue to be lies.

  • On Hugo Chavez, I disagree with Barack. Yes, he may be trying to undermine the opposition there, but the alternative in Venezuela would be worse. Chavez has done a lot for poor people in Venezuela. I am however troubled by evident censoring of the opposition, mostly pro corporate right. Chavez has done a lot of good, but I agree, his power does have to be subject to something akin to checks and balances.

  • Hilarys small chance for a vice-presidency just flew out the window with her reference to a possible assaination of Obama. She finally lost for sure.

  • yes.. what approval?

  • Superb speech. The more I heard Barack speak, the more I realize how many people will be incredibly devastated if he is not elected.

  • black president is gonna set the white people free :D

  • Damn he is really good

  • if people actually take the time to listen to his message, there is no denying his qualification to be the leader of the free world.

    Obama 08

  • What about Guantanamo?

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  • although we have yet to see what obama is going to be able to realize once he gets elected, i think there has not been a better candidate for president of the u.s.a. then him.

    i am german, but i have spent a year in america and it makes me happy and hopeful to see someone like him run for president. he embodies everything that america needs right now.

    obama 08

  • He is so incredibly intelligent. Even if you don't agree with his policies, I think everyone is touched by him. I think there are a lot of people are going to feel their hearts tug on their mind, and encourage them to vote hope in that ballot box.

    Barack Obama, President of the United States

  • Our Barack Obama!

    The next great American leader.

  • OBAMAAAAA!! <3

  • Obama is like u are reading my mind!!!

  • What a FANTASTIC speech!!!!!!!! Anyone who views this speech and not see our nation's future president is very blind.

  • hes the only democrat I know that rolls the R's when referring to countries.

  • We don't need a foolish, lying president who makes us believe we're smart by comparison. We need a smart president like Obama who will not talk to us like we are fools and will tell us the truth no matter what. Obama 2008!!!!

  • this man is truly AMAZING! we con't see another politican, moreover, A LEADER like this in a century....Billary, get outta the way and let democracy ride!

    OBAMA ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE!!

  • im for obama but lost respect to him when he bashed hugo chavez

  • Obama for '08...!!^^

  • This might come off as anti American to some, but Cuba wasn't better before Castro under the "American" regime. And let's be honest, it's that same American regime that fueled the revolution anyway. Theory states that when there is a revolution, something wasn't right. I'm a big Obama fan, but the subject of Cuba must not be approach in a biased point of view.

  • this is what bush is saying to cheney " hey cheney what is he talking about the americas doesnt he know theres only one ameria hahahahahahaha" it was funnier in my head

  • "If we don't turn away from the policies of the past, we will not be able to shape the future." Now, THAT is the single most important point that ANYONE has made this election year. Cock-a-doodle-freakin'-doo, people.

  • very good approach. I am supporting him for all he stand for. Obama '08

  • TRUTH, INTEGRITY, COMMITMENT! Obama embodies our greatest aspirations and deepest values. We MUST continue to work for his election, and to counter the hollow, divisive attacks he will face throughout the election season and beyond.

  • President Barack Obama,

    Sounds good doesn't it.

    The brightest future for our cloudy days

  • Obama 08

  • President Barack Obama!

  • Gracias, El Presidente!

  • A true, stable, intelligent, wise man of the world. President Barack Obama!

  • I have been told that he doesn't speak Spanish but his pronunciation is so spot on that it makes you wonder. Or maybe it is because he lived in Indonesia and still speaks their language. Love him!!!!

    President Barack Obama!

  • Very nice speech, Obama.

  • Mr. Obama is the Abraham Lincoln of our time. I am glad that I am witnessing a history not limited to USA but for the world.

    PS: I know Mr. Lincoln was the founder of Republican party, so please no foolish reply.

  • this man is a true visionary

  • EXTRA EXTRA PRESIDENT OBAMA is Speaking

  • i love dis guy n hiltary clinton is crazy..obama 08 n beyond

  • The next Anerican leader,your speech potrays your wisdom,Obama you will make it 4 your are a smart leader who is giving Americans hope for a bright future.

  • Next american leader,your words potrays your wisdom,men you are smart.

  • Let's all hold hands and sing Kumbaya... dictators in the americas will remain dictators in the americas. I am a lifelong democrat... but this man scares me, because he doesn't seem to know anything about foreign policy, nor the reason things are done the way they are. I realize most americans don't know these things, and what he says sounds great... but you guys really need to get educated before you go and push that button in november.

  • Yes we Can...

    and we will make it happen People!

  • Yes we Can...

    and we will make it happen People!

  • i like what he said about colombia.

  • Yes we Can...

    and we will make it happen People!

  • ....and the president of the United States of America,OBAMA!

  • OBAMA 08

  • hmmm.. approval pending

  • on topic... jesus, this is an amazing speech.

  • i see that someone has taken a comment of mine and erased it.....truth hurts patricians run this country the voting process....Hmmmm...i question it..happy so long as you have your beer and cigs.right people?wrong.....question it question current politics and future politicians

  • actually sometimes it doesnt let you read your own comments and i still see yours

  • haha... yes you are simply spitting too much truth for the Obama youtube channel. quick, someone get that man off stage, he is trying to sow seeds of doubt!

    seriously man, this is an open comments section. if you need to feel persecuted, go try posting anything negative on Hillary's comments section.

  • c'mon riteflite. don't give up hope. pm me if you want to talk further!

    obama '08!

  • President Obama Speaks:)

  • After the latest gaffe by Hillary, It is all but over now.

    Obama 08

  • It was over way before her gaffe. It's not about gaffes, it's about delegates

  • i am certain that the patricians of this country will decide in the end who wins this race between the reps. and dems. with all due respect we need to question everything here on out. patricians do not mind that the citizens of this country stay ignorant and stupid LESS COMPETETION FOR THEM PEOPLE...WAKE UP OR THEY WILL OWN YOU 100%

  • ..and I always thought that in Florida the governour has to set the results ...

  • We will have to see.

  • Fantastic!!!

  • I wonder if he can speak spanish?? He sounds so much more intelligent that most politicians. I enjoy hearing his plans...really good.

  • I've heard him try to speak Spanish, not the most fluent there lol. Obama '08!

  • he probably is smarter than most politicians. definately smarter than out current president.

    OBAMA 08

  • OBAMA 08

  • Thank God for Senator Obama. To see how he inserts himself in our hearts and minds with deep and sincere messages of change, hope, equality and progress is like a soothing breathe of fresh air in contrast with the conservative plutocratic pseudo religious fascist nut cases of the conservative right.

    I hope that when he is sworn into office in Jan09, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck will all a debilitating stroke!!! Obama 08!!!

  • duda8lol - you are absolutley right Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck all want to divide america

    We need a leader that will bring us together

    Go Obama

  • wow what great American spirit...

  • May GOD protect you MR.OBAMA. Speculations of you being assasinated raised.LOVE FROM SWEDEN.

  • Agreed. I am Canadian and I can say that the fear tactics of Bush have hurt us.

    Not only are the Northern Borders plagued with paranoid agents of Homeland Security,

    The abuse of trade agreements has left a sour taste in Canadian business.

    Bring back strong Canadian-US relations so we may stand together once more.

  • He makes this case so well. It is about time we go beyond policies crafted when Reagan was in office....

  • Next President of United States

  • Whats wrong with a one world gov? Isnt that inevitable I mean the world is coming together everyday. we have the african union, the europian union, asian union soon the north american union and soo on so whats wrong with that?

  • Another awsome speech

  • Mr.Obama, THANK YOU for taking the wool from over our eyes. Mary Bailey Chgo.

  • I like what he says on energy, but also Barack is avoiding the hard truth: the US government can do little about gas prices going either up or down. The current high prices are already forcing the US to addapt to reality. This is good. When prices start falling after a few years, gas taxes should be raised, to prevent a new wave of SUV's and other waste (like after the previous gasprice spikes). That is the way to continue improving technology. Will he dare present that hard truth?

  • Another historic speech. Once again I feel inspired by his words. Together, there is nothing we cannot accomplish.

  • obama!!!!

  • Sen. Obama is very right in his strategy to actually fight the war against drugs instead of just talking about it like most politicians do - very stable, well thought out plan that serves all Americans, North, Central and South. Bravo

  • President Obama!!!

    Obama/Sebelius or Obama/Kaine 08 - Restore the American Dream

    Mark Warner for Virginia US Senate 08

  • i am from germany but i hope Barack can change a lot in the US and i guess he can... go go Obama

  • im from germany but i hope barack can change a lot in the US... go go Obama

  • Yes We Can!! Yes We Can!! Obama '08

  • 32 minutes free speech on tough and complicated issues!!!

  • that was the best speech that i've ever heard about what the US will gonna be doin' with South America.

  • The next American President.

  • I AGREE OBAMA

  • OUR NEXT PRESIDENT

  • As a son of Cuban immigrants, I have felt the effects that Castro and his regime has done to the people. I have also experienced the perpetual failed policies of the past administrations which have not helped free my father's land, but has perserved the status quo. It is time we draft a new course in dealing with Cuba. Our relatives in Cuba need to know the US is with them. Obama will tell Raul it is time that liberty's bell rings. It is time that he stands down, so our people can again stand up

  • WHAT IS YOUR POINT? Obama did not promise anything new in his speech but to END the travel ristrictions that GW Bush put into law in 2003! From another Cuban-American. ALLOW ALL AMERICANS TO GO TO CUBA NOW!

  • obama is speakin on real issues

  • God Bless America with Mr.Obama as President in 2008.

  • excellent plan

  • Barak, you speak to my heart. You make me smile and tears of joy fill my eyes.

  • His views on drug policy is not that much better than any other policians'--which is sad to see. He wants to continue funneling money down into prohibition, which has been shown to be demonstrably ineffective, and of course extremely destructive. The answer is legalisation and strict regulation of all drugs, but of course Obama can't say that. But it does seem that he realizes that there are a lot of problems with our current policies.He watches The Wire,he had to have gotten something out of it

  • That's not true. Did you not here his plans for better border control to limit the number of drug cartels that cross the border? He also wants more funding for the DEA and local drug enforcement police officers. As a former smoker, he understands what drugs do to our communities, and he has the experience in this field to know what it takes to limit this illegal activity. He knows the drug problem starts with border smuggling, but he also knows it's a street battle.

  • Totally agree with you. The problem from that point of view is the American Culture about this specific topic, far behind European standards. They are afraid of talking about that.

  • Hillary needs Bill to make love to her

  • lol.

  • nice

  • go Barack

  • i am cuban american and i am with you all the way,obama 08.

  • øbama...

  • what's wrong with Chavez? At least he's been elected (not by supreme court justices) and the majority supports him, you know, unlike Bush...

  • OBAMA FTW :)

  • i love u obama

  • so few views?

  • wooo go obama!!!!!

    clinton needs to quit now.....make thing easier

    oh yea FIRST!!!

  • california for obama!!!!!