Bush on his tour in Latin America

This week president Bush was on his tour in Latin America. In most of the countries his visit was met by severe protests against the Iraq war rather than President Bush's policies on Latin America. He has namely promised to work hard to achieve a more sensitive immigration policy but has yet to live up to it. The visit is regarded as symbolic rather than a step forward in the relation between Latin America and USA.
I listened to this news on the radio FM4 and what I generally loathe about politics and politicians is that they always pledge better days or whatsoever but never keep to their promises. Politics is a bitch, that’s obviously true. However, do they (the politicians) really think that we are dim-witted? It all reminds me of a politician in Croatia who during her campaign expressed regret for people in Shri Lanka (when it was hit by a tsunami, Dec 2004). Deeply touched though she was, she didn’t think of donating some money to those areas suffering the depredation of tsunami.