From our humble branches, we have designed a map that introduces geopolitical conflict of military bases Latin America and foreign movimiento release that have sprung from these lands in various stages of the continent. Put here Chess available to all (we'll be adding information to the tabs):
In recent decades the continent has created a huge distraction about the next story above our current situation. Discuss guerrilla liberation and collective ownership banquets usually bother to feed our homes media day and night. From educational programs in history and language, encyclopedias, international reports, public accounts that our authorities sent to his constituents, the press, radio, television, cooking is a process that denies the existence of ingredients, seasonings , hands and fertile land. The dish served at the table leads us to ask who did it, how and why.
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During 2009 have risen in the zone of Bagua Amazonian communities that live under the sovereignty of the Peruvian State. Peruvian Navy battleships bombarded the canoes of the people who have not agreed to hand the land to oil
(see video). In Chile, Mapuche organizations maintain a territorial resistance to the onslaught of logging companies, small towns in southern strip look like the salmon and cellulose wildlife topped with industrial waste waters,
in cities is neglected and the mass street interfere on the germs of suspicion shot promoting "security." In La Moneda, the Concertación governments prefer to keep away and just harangue the "socialism" and gestures nostalgic concert testimonials cemetery.
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peoples Bolivia and Ecuador, meanwhile, have opted for the appropriation and transformation of institutions, with a new constitution and economic policies that aim to change the productive axis:
private property collective collaboration. In Venezuela, the Bolivarian Revolution is consolidating a new Education Act, power is now in the hands of communities. Cuba sings for peace from the Plaza de la Revolución next Giovannoti, Juanes, Miguel Bosé Silvio and
(see video) . Holds Nicaragua, El Salvador is prepared. Community media in Argentina celebrate the new audiovisual media law and Uruguay people organize for the elections.
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On June 28 there was a military coup in Honduras. President Manuel Zelaya was released in pajamas from his home to a place called Soto Cano. The coup leaders argued that the action was because the government was acting outside the law to apply a Honduran consulting on the possibility of changing the Constitution.
Then we learned that Soto Cano Military Base is prepared by the United States in that country, and that Zelaya was managing the military expulsion of the gringos of its territory. Within months other good news came out. The Colombian government agreed with the country's north, the installation of seven other military bases on its sovereign territory, "is technology support and to continue the fight against drug trafficking, Uribe explained to
UNASUR. But this is only a fraction of the vast web of military interventionism and media that has been imposed during this century on the continent.
Plan Colombia: The U.S. strategic move
In recent months, tensions in Latin America, has made this side of the continent in various struggles of global importance. On the one hand on June 28 President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya, is taken at dawn from his home by military coup and is deported to Costa Rica, settling a new coup d'etat in Latin America, demonstrated that the vulnerability is present and that the interests of the elites are dominant in this type of democracies. Moreover
noise began to echo in the region. This is the alliance between the U.S. and Colombia known as Plan Colombia. " Amid Latin America, with development of policies made a left and therefore a redefinition of the type of social organization. In the Caribbean country, the American influences have been increased, highlighting the intimate relationship established between them.
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names and Malambo Cartagena on the Caribbean; Apiay , Tolemaida and Palanquero in the center; Larandia in the south; Malaga Bay on the Pacific. Military bases are one more instance in the U.S. blatant interference in Colombia.
Biofuels and money laundering
The Colombia Plan is for an agreement that has multiple edges, one of which is the momentum that has been going on for several years by government to increase oil palm plantation. His main areas that are supported by this type of plantation would reduce coca cultivation and cocaine production. In addition through processing of palm biofuel can get high returns.
However, according to published research relates CIPER Chile, and he is serving as Plan Colombia grant from the United States paramilitary groups, through donations under the pretext of trying to fund growing palms in areas that have been appropriated by the paramilitaries, through expropriation or plain murder of its inhabitants. Consequently, these resources are being used as fronts for money laundering.
In the same report Colombian Senator Gustavo Petro said, "The Plan Colombia is fighting militarily against drugs while delivering funds to support the cultivation of palm, which is used by paramilitary gangs to launder money."
The Chocó region, along with other 4, its cultivation has grown exponentially, in recent years from the production area of \u200b\u200b300,000 hectares to 6 million. What brings dispossession of many Afro-Colombian communities from their ancestral territories and only a fraction have been returned.
The report issued by the UNODC (United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime) said that while from 2007 to 2008, cocaine production has decreased by 15% from 994 to 845 metric tons, due to down from 28% in Colombia, this country remains the world's largest producer.
Plan Colombia and Latin America
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From the moment of its announcement, the installation of military bases in Colombia were viewed with concern by other countries in the region. Immediate was the response from Fidel Castro, on August 5 that from Cuba, in his text "Seven daggers in the heart of America "that has brought," It would be a grave error to think that the threat is only against Venezuela, is addressed to all countries of the southern continent. None can evade the issue and have stated so several of them. "Was an historic grade reading Unidense state interventionism in Latin America and the consequences
Meanwhile, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez, toured for seven countries over two days, discussing this and other trade agreements "is an agreement of cooperation in combating drug trafficking and terrorism said the chancellor. After the meeting the balance released by the Chilean government in the voice of Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez was: "Chile respects the sovereignty, national interest and political decisions of each country in this continent and in this case, particularly Colombia.
therefore the relevance of the subject, set a special meeting by members of UNASUR, 28 August in Bariloche, in that meeting raised concerns about the situation and the need to agree on policies that integrate the region against drug trafficking.
however, not condemned or attacked direct U.S. intervention in the region, with the exception of statements made by Bolivian President Evo Morales, who urged for a referendum continent where citizens express its position regarding these agreements.
The power arms in Latin America
In parallel to this in the past month various statements have raised the issue of the arms race in Latin America. Speaking at the General Assembly of the United Nations, Colombia President Alvaro Uribe, said "'Our goal is to restore internal security, not to participate in an arms race. "
According to the report by "The Citizen" in his article "Plan Colombia and U.S. bases: the insistence on a failed strategy" indicates that the militarization in Colombia has maintained a steady increase in the last 10 years growing up in 52% effective in the armed forces, in addition to its investment in defense spent 3.5% of GDP in 1999 to 4.25 in 2003.
In statistics released by the International Peace Institute in Stockholm show that Colombia leads the investment in weaponry with an investment of 4% of GDP during 2007, followed by Chile with 3.4% in our case primarily funded by the tax to 10% of gross sales Codelco copper found in the Reserved Copper Law, established a dictatorship. Which leaves us categorized as the Latin American country with the highest per capita military expenditure amounting to 290 in early September dólares.A President Michelle Bachelet signed a bill to repeal the Reserved Copper Law, which prevents us from seeing what type investment is made with the funds acquired.
countries bordering Colombia, according to that report, are in lower echelons, Ecuador spending by 2.9 of GDP on defense and Venezuela an 1.3 respectively for the year 2007.
On the expenditure in millions of dollars, the country that leads the region is Brazil with U.S. $ 15.477 (2008), which last month signed an agreement with France to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets as well to formalize the arrangements for the sale of four attack submarines Scorpène and 50 military transport helicopters, among others.
Moreover Venezuela during the last month bought 92 Russian T-72 tanks as well as anti-aircraft missiles, saying the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, who s and is an investment that serves to increase the defense and a deterrent potential threats.
United States like Colombia invests 4% of GDP in defense, but if that figure translates into billions of dollars, the cost is placed in the first place worldwide with U.S. $ 548, $ 531 million.
U.S. intervention in the region
Currently the installation of military bases in Colombia, has acquired great importance. Nevertheless, the United States historically has established agreements with several countries, resulting in strategic occupations
mainland areas were immediately
may hint the case of Guantanamo naval base and military agreed in 1903, and is still in operation as a detention center in the world's most wanted criminals.
But across Latin America are also based at Soto Cano in Honduras, which presumably helped organize the coup. There is also the base of Comalapa in El Salvador, Iquitos and Nanay in Peru, Liberia in Costa Rica, Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico; Estigarribia in Paraguay bases Aruba and Curacao in the Caribbean. On the other hand, is the revival since July last year the "4th Fleet, which makes walking the monitoring exercises Latin American coasts.
Evo Morales on his last visit to Spain, said "In America, where a U.S. military base, military coups (...) there is no guarantee peace or democracy," openly attacking U.S. intervention. During the year, after Bolivia ended its agreement with the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), to which gave a clear signal of the self that is portrayed in the multinational process.
In the documentary Zeitgeist Addendum, Peter Joseph, released in 2008, left in evidence the strategies used to manipulate other countries. From a progressive escalation of interventionism, define and manage policy in the occupied countries through the creation of a debt that is impossible to pay, thus should be subject to unfavorable agreements for countries at a disadvantage, as is the sale or management of natural resources for very little money.
Such is the case of countries called "sub - developed", set in a dependent relationship to the so-called powers. Begin negotiations through bribery of the leaders in their countries as a gateway to resources and unfair negotiations with suppliers, but that's just the beginning as they can reach levels unusual as the establishment of military bases in a foreign country as a strategic measure of social control. Argentine political activist, Fernando Pino Solanas "It remains the policy of the U.S. invasion and presence in South America, absolutely despicable, America does not have to do anything there is a potential outbreak of war in order not to diminish its military presence. Put these five bases in the strategic apex between Venezuela and Ecuador, Plan Colombia, all that goes on. "
To this we can add recent cases as were the attempted coup in Venezuela, or the bombing Bolivia Evo Morales on several occasions or latent case coup in Honduras, where the silence of the United States obscures the pressures and the characteristics of such strategies.
In the interview with National History Prize 2006 Gabriel Salazar, entitled "Chile naked: historian Gabriel Salazar national myths demolished" published by the magazine Punto Final on September 17 raised a degree of uncertainty looming America's political landscape, "Now, if we see the map of Latin America there is a tendency on the left and on that map is isolated Colombia and the FARC in Colombia. Then, seven U.S. bases are not naive, not to fight drug trafficking are to put in there a kind of second Iraq, and rightly rejects Chavez because these bases are designed due to Venezuelan oil. Why are we with things, it's true. It is very interesting scenario in Latin America, and is very sad that Chile is guided by neoliberal politicians who do not fit in this new map. "
Tension in Latin America is latent, Colombia is currently rethinking its intelligence apparatus, after the removal of the Administrative Security Department (DAS) at the State Intelligence Agency, which will perform intelligence gathering and counterintelligence. Achieving this thereby improving the image of an institution linked to illegal acts of espionage and conspiracy, on the verge of a Free Trade Agreement with the United States.
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