Here's the full declaration(, automatic spanish subtitles translated in english works well).
Does anyone here think that they shouldn't ?
The argument/fear would be that they survived until now partly because they were authoritarian&cautious enough to prevent multiple coup attempts that would have worked in a lot of other countries(, but also because they got through economically, etc.). What if the u.s. warmed up the relations only to get close enough with them to do a coup ?
I'd like to believe that after so many years they won't put themselves in a situation where the expected western betrayal has too much of an impact, among other precautions.
I also believe in their participatory(&protagonic) process(, its critics would prefer bourgeois democracies). A contented population is useful against coups, and if all goes well economically then the best is yet to come and they'll have many more reasons to be proud of their collective accomplishments.
They 'know what's at stake'/'feel the "weight of the centuries"' better than i do, and won't lower their guard, may there be no more killings&destructions.