Is it any wonder that Latin American governments might be leary of the controlling "colossus of the north"? The Bolivian government has made allegations that the U.S. is trying to get foriegn diplomats to report any suspiscious activity. The U.S. denies spying, and honestly it could be true, or it could not. But, it really makes me wonder how much spying really does go on and how much the U.S. does invest in covert operations. Sometimes I feel like the U.S. government is trying to be like Big Brother from Orwell's 1984.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/12/bolivia.spy/index.html