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Washington may have done some things right for Latin America but history evidences a pattern of Washington’s wrong policies, which have contributed to negatively and destructively impact Latin America.
Washington’s Latin American policy historical to date and for the future is not only wrong but also a seed of despair for over 70% of Latin American’s population allowing or helping corrupt, oppressive governments ruled as feudal lords breeding despair, lack of hope –not only potential grounds for violence and terrorism, but the substantial loss of great opportunities.
History demonstrates that Latin America has been, is and will be critically important to the future stability, security and growth of the USA among other by supplying cheap raw materials, cheap immigrant labor, provide huge profits to Corporate America.
Additionally, historically since the Civil War, Latin America has supported Washington’s policy time and again in the international battles, Wars and affairs, except in President Bush’s War on Iraq. Yet, Washington has not properly corresponded or compensated the people of Latin America for their invaluable support and loyalty.
USA has a moral right, not just for its own, selfish continued future survival and economic growth to assist in different ways to make Latin America strong not weak, united not divided.
USA needs of Latin America’s large population, USA needs Latin America’s great potential markets, needs its vast and varied raw materials, human resources, the continued ongoing supply of labor to its own domestic economic production.
We must remember that the population of the USA is only 4% of the total world’s population.
Can you imagine how devastating it could be for the USA were most of or a sufficient number of countries around the world to start acting against the USA even in a nonviolent way, such as boycotting buying products or services of USA origin or with significant USA’s content?
Accordingly, I suggest that the USA must assist Latin America at leas in the following areas:
To develop strong, honest,
compassionate, fair, just, democracies
To
re-engineer its government institutions
To strengthen
its rule of law
To strengthen
their economies
To strengthen
their education system
To strengthen
their social fiber
To become a
vibrant region of democracies, a region of just, equal opportunities where
freedom, liberty and
the
pursuit of happiness will not just be a dream but a reality
To develop
and effective and strong Union of Latin American countries, much like the
European Union and
the USA itself, thereby developing a strong Hemispheric of the Americas Union.
USA has a moral right, a moral and economic debt to most of Latin America
The following is a list of some of the negative and devastating, unfair, unjust, illegal policies of Washington against Latin America:
During the 19th Century Washington
Plan and ordered the illegal invasion of Mexico during the 1840’s
Under the gun forced in 1848 Mexico to sign the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty where the USA took, some say stole from Mexico: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas without paying a compensation
Plan and ordered in 1898 through an apparent covert (deceptive) operation to have our own Maine battleship sank in Havana Harbor while public ally blaming Spain to take over Cuba, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, the Philippines, etc. without paying a compensation to these countries
Plan and ordered in 1903 through another brilliantly executed covert (deceptive) operation the take over, some say stole, of Panama province from Colombia without paying compensation
During the 20th Century Washington
Plan and ordered time and again invasions of numerous Latin American and Caribbean countries
Selected individuals to become corrupt, oppressive dictators causing irreparable harm, which still their rule is being felt in many ways, such as:
Trujillo in Dominican Republic
Somoza in
Nicaragua
Duvalier in
Haiti
Noriega in
Panama
In a different but still
destructive way the support for|
Batista in Cuba in the 50’s
Guatemala in the 50’s
Dominican Republic invasion in 1965
Grenada invasion in the 80’s
The assassination of Allende in Chile, spearheaded by ITT with CIA participation, bringing thousands of Chilean murdered under Pinochet and horrible other violations of law
The horrible, wasteful dirty wars of the 80’s and 90’s in El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras
The not only allowing but supporting Britain, flagrantly violating the Rio Treaty as a signatory, to military attack Argentina’s Malvina Islands
Since the 70’s Colombia has been devastated through the greed of its people, awaken and energized by Washington’s policy unable and unwilling to stop the illegal consumption of illegal drugs. Additionally, Washington’s policy of fumigating illegal growing coca, marihuana and amapola fields with highly suspect chemicals are causing irreparable harm to the delicate environment of the tropics and the health of thousands of people.
Some say that Washington has been historically very clever in dealing with Latin America. In order to protect its improper, unfair, destructive control of Latin America and the Caribbean, Washington has for more than the last 150 years devised policies to keep its Southern neighbors divided, into feudal republics, which makes it easier to maintain its control with clever policies, such as the Rio Treaty. Such Treaty prevents foreign European and any other foreign countries from invading or military attack any of the Latin American or Caribbean countries. Yet, history evidences that Washington can and will ignore its sacred commitments when it so desires, leaving Latin America to its own defense when Washington so desires.
Washington through its well thought out dealings individually with each President of Latin America countries, coalesces, intimidates, buys and orders their compliance and submission; some say much like a prostitute –maintaining alive the label of Banana Republics
We can do much better and we must do much better for Latin America as our own future depends upon what we do for Latin America.
We must question anything and every policy or decision of our elected officials.
After all, in our great USA country, each and all our elected officials are our Public Servants; starting with the President of the United States -our number One Public Servant.
The
President is not our master, nor our King, nor is he above the law but our
public servant!
USA labor unions and Kucinich are against NAFTA & FTAA because they say USA jobs are lost to Mexico and Latin America low wages paid to workers
USA labor unions and Kucinich are not totally correct.
China is the country at 28cents per day, possibly the lowest wages paid to workers, certainly lower than any Latin American country. Additionally, the number of jobs newly created in China during the last 10 years to produce the $billions of dollars imported goods by the USA is certainly much higher than those created in Latin America during the same period of time.
What is Kucinich and others like him view or vision for Latin America? Particularly when the facts evidence the historic support and supply of vast amount and great variety of cheap and critical raw materials, including excellent and cheap migrant labor Latin America has and might continue supplying to the United States more so than any other developing country?
Would Kucinich, USA labor unions and others continue the one sided policy?
Contact: Victor Pinzon
Americas Global Foundation
930 M Street, NW, Suite 906 Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: 202-371-9696 • Fax: 202-216 9550
vicpinzon@theamericas.org
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