As always, thank you Arturo. I think the very critical issue for the week was Rubio's appointment to also head USAID, and I hope we all can watch this closely, with the cases being heard in our court system. If everything else Rubio did was smoke, mirrors, and distraction, this could be a very big deal. Also, thank you for bringing up the "dark side" of the aid we provide through this agency, that is not presented currently in the media, and is always both a carrot and a stick to align 3rd world countries in need with US colonialist goals. We have so far to go.
USAID being placed under the control of the secretary of state (regardless of which administration is currently running the country) has frightening quid pro quo possibilities. It happening under THIS administration brings a specter of School of the Americas style support for exporting fascism in the most troubling ways. The only positive I see here is the strength of the electorate and the will to remain sovereign in each South American country itself, after decades of continuous interference and the resulting civil wars, forced instability, and needless suffering. Hopefully most of them are in no hurry to go back to those bad old days. Perhaps instead they provide some guidance on the importance of actual democracy our political class seems to have forgotten.
As always, thank you Arturo. I think the very critical issue for the week was Rubio's appointment to also head USAID, and I hope we all can watch this closely, with the cases being heard in our court system. If everything else Rubio did was smoke, mirrors, and distraction, this could be a very big deal. Also, thank you for bringing up the "dark side" of the aid we provide through this agency, that is not presented currently in the media, and is always both a carrot and a stick to align 3rd world countries in need with US colonialist goals. We have so far to go.
Yes, we do. Sadly.
USAID being placed under the control of the secretary of state (regardless of which administration is currently running the country) has frightening quid pro quo possibilities. It happening under THIS administration brings a specter of School of the Americas style support for exporting fascism in the most troubling ways. The only positive I see here is the strength of the electorate and the will to remain sovereign in each South American country itself, after decades of continuous interference and the resulting civil wars, forced instability, and needless suffering. Hopefully most of them are in no hurry to go back to those bad old days. Perhaps instead they provide some guidance on the importance of actual democracy our political class seems to have forgotten.
Like Mexico is doing. Now that you mention it, Democrats should pay attention to Mexico.
Yes! I wish they would!