[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Latin America: Shaking off Washington's shackles
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Latin America: Shaking off Washington's shackles
01/05/2006 12:30
New axis of reason forges closer ties
Washington's legacy in Latin America is abominable. Witness to this
is a string of fascist, repressive regimes spanning decades, mass graves, a
human rights record which parallels Washington's own in Iraq and a sheer and
total absence of democracy.
After Fidel Castro's Cuba stood firm as a shining example of what a
progressive government can achieve - enviable social welfare systems and an
education policy which is second to none in the continent - Latin America finds
itself today facing a future in which Latin Americans themselves take control
of their own destiny and face up to Washington on equal terms, not simply
putting into practice what the firms around the White House and Pentagon
dictate.
Despite the continued existence of fascist regimes, such as Alvaro
Uribe's in Colombia, there is a growing wave of independence sweeping across
the continent. Today, Evo Morales of Bolivia and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela join
Fidel Castro as leaders (or in the case of the former, President-elect) of
socially progressive systems which focus on the need to create programs which
serve the interests of the people, and not the corrupted super-rich clique of
elitists living at Washington's beck and call.
While Argentina's Nestor Kirchner, Chile's Ricardo Lagos Escobar,
Uruguay's Tabare Vazquez and Brazil's Lula da Silva cannot be classified as
leftists per se alongside Chavez, Morales or Castro, nevertheless they pursue
policies which follow their national interests first and not Washington's.
After a high-profile visit to Cuba (his first), Bolivia's
President-elect is to visit President Chavez in Venezuela and Brazil's
President Lula, in a 10-day trip taking in seven countries before taking office
on January 22nd.
Reasons for the growth of the left
While Washington continues to adopt a confrontational, intrusive,
meddlesome policy inside Latin America (such as supporting groups inside
Venezuela which oppose President Chavez), there will be an appeal to back the
regimes which the USA frowns upon.
The reason for this is perfectly simple: the monetarist-capitalist
market-oriented economic policy pressed by Washington simply does not work
either in theory or in practice. The fact that Washington has to keep the model
alive by imposing tariffs on imports and granting subsidies to exporters to
artificially control prices and markets is proof that it is flawed from the
start.
The result of the imposition of this aggressive regime on Latin
America has been dramatic: 100 million people in Latin America are classified
as being extremely poor (less than 1 USD/day), while 220 million out of a
population of 550 million are regarded as poor. GDP per capita has not grown in
real terms for two decades (4.000 USD per capita) while income has not
accompanied the rise in prices.
The fact that the leftist policies favour the people over the
oligarch (whose soul is sold to Washington) means that the left will continue
to expand in Latin America and elsewhere, as the farce which is the
monetarist-capitalist model defended by Washington (in which corporate elitists
even dictate foreign policy) is exposed for the lie it is.
Discuss this article on Pravda.Ru English Forum
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
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