After the breaking out of the Independence War of Latin America, Bolivar claimed that Spanish America had to unite into one in order to defeat the Spanish colonists.

拉美独立战争爆发后，为了战胜强大的西班牙殖民者，玻利瓦尔曾提出了西属拉美必须联合起来的思想主张。

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Some fear that denying Colombia substantial direct and indirect U.S. aid through the certification process will jeopardize cooperation Colombia is giving the Unite States in the war on drugs.

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And he has been seeking to change American policy towards Iraq by trying to unite the fractured Gulf war coalition behind a new sanctions regime, which would reduce economic sanctions in exchange for toughening the control of exports with military uses.

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This background helps to explain why Mr Fischer feels passionately that the misery caused by Hitler's war has landed the Germans with a special responsibility to help unite the continent.

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