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Regardless he calls himself socialist or not, his gov't is a progressive and anti-imperialist one, first and foremost.
Perhaps his gov't may head the Cuban route (secretly nationalizing and hiding power level of basedness), but even without that, I believe he is good ally we should critically support him
That doesn't make the question irrelevant. We all support AES, but we want to understand more what its objectives and proposed long-term course are.
Sorry if I sound dismissive. I did not intend to (do you find me like that, jack, before and after?)
That's the thing. We don't know exactly.
Cuba's revolutionary gov't and the leader did not mention anything about its explicit path from Jan. 1, 1959 to April 16th 1961, when Castro proclaimed it socialist explicitly.
Meanwhile, Traore's government, let alone him, despite similar anti-colonial and pro-sovereignty rhetoric, does not have that defining moment YET in which he claims it as socialist.
Unless the time comes when it comes straight from the horse's mouth, I can't make any judgements of whether he's socialist or not publicly.
I read it that way, yeah. No worries.