This type of discourse is a less vulgar but is analogous to Chavez's anti-yanqui rhetoric.

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The yanqui dollar is still a hard sell for Latin American politicians.

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That would be welcomed in Latin America, though not perhaps by Fidel Castro, who could no longer pose as the defender of his country against yanqui aggression.

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