Mwezi uliwonse anthu masauzande ambiri amadutsa malire athu akumwera. Iwo “akufunafuna moyo wabwino”…eti? Kodi si chifukwa chake mabanja amasiya okondedwa awo kuti ayende mtunda wautali kukakumana ndi zoopsa zosaneneka?
Zowonadi, ndi nkhani yomwe ikugwirizana ndi chithunzi chomwe timakonda cha dziko lathu ngati dziko lamwayi kuposa lina lililonse.
Koma posachedwapa, ndinachita manyazi kuti ine—winawake amene akufuna kukhulupirira kuti amadziŵa bwino—ndinanyalanyaza mbali yaikulu ya udindo wanga, kapena, makamaka, kulakwa kwanga kapena kwa dziko langa.
Zachidziwikire, ndakhala ndikudziwa kwanthawi yayitali mfundo zambiri zaku US zomwe zalepheretsa chitukuko chabwino mdera lakummwera kwathu. Ku Guatemala mu 1954, mwachitsanzo, a CIA idachotsedwa Purezidenti wosankhidwa mwa demokalase Jacobo Árbenz. Ku Nicaragua, kuyambira zaka za m'ma 50s mpaka m'ma 70s, US idathandizira utsogoleri wankhanza wa banja la a Somoza, kenako m'ma 80s tidapereka ndalama zamagulu ankhondo akumanja kuyesa kulanda boma lomwe lidali ndi chithandizo chodziwika bwino.
Ndinkadziwanso kuti chiyembekezo cha anthu othawa kwawo chothawa umphawi wadzaoneni sichinali nkhani yonse. Ndinkadziwa kuti anthu ambiri amene ankafika kumalire athu akum’mwera ankathaŵa ziwawa zomwe zimawachitikira iwo ndi ana awo. Kwa ena, ndi mfuti m'manja mwa achifwamba zomwe zimapangitsa kukhala kosatheka. “Ngakhale kukayikira kukhala wokhulupirika ku gulu la zigawenga zomwe tikulimbana nazo ndi chilango cha imfa,” inanena The Associated Press koyambirira kwa mwezi uno.
Ubale pakati pa kuphana ndi kusamuka umatengedwa mu chiŵerengero chodabwitsa ichi kuchokera ku Inter-American Dialogue mu 2018: Ku Honduras, kuwonjezeka kwa 1 peresenti ya kupha anthu. imachulukitsa kusamuka ndi 120 peresenti.
Pamlingo wina, ndinazindikira kuti mantha—mantha oyenerera—anali dalaivala wakusamuka.
Koma zomwe sindimadziwa, komanso zomwe ndimayenera kuzidziwa, ndi gawo lalikulu la dziko lathu pakubweretsa mantha polola kuti zida za US zipitirire kudutsa malire athu akumwera. Kusefukira kwa madzi ku Mexico kokha kumaphatikizapo “mfuti zosaloledwa zopitirira 212,000” zochokera ku US chaka chilichonse chifukwa cha “kugula udzu,” anati Los Angeles Times.
Central America ndizovuta kwambiri.
Kumeneko, malamulo okhudza mfuti ndi okhwima kwambiri, komabe “chiŵerengero cha kuphana chili pakati pa anthu okwera kwambiri padziko lapansi.” Ku El Salvador, komwe kuli anthu okwera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, pafupifupi theka la zida zomwe zapezeka paziwopsezo zaupandu mdzikolo zikuchokera kwa akuluakulu aku US pano.
M’zaka za m’ma 1980, El Salvador inali “dziko limodzi lalikulu kwambiri lolandira zida zankhondo ndi zida zankhondo za ku United States ku Western Hemisphere,” ndipo, nkhondo yake yapachiŵeniŵeni itatha mu 1992, “mfuti, mabomba ndi zipolopolo zidakalipobe, monganso zotsatira zake zakupha.” kulemba Robert Muggah ndi Steven Dudley mu Los Angeles Times.
Ndipo Mexico?
Dziko lili ndi basi sitolo imodzi yamfuti. Ili ku Mexico City, imayang'aniridwa ndi asitikali. makumi asanu ndi awiri pa zana za mfuti zogwidwa ku Mexico poyamba zinagulitsidwa ku US—ambiri a iwo ku Texas, California, ndi Arizona malinga ndi Dipatimenti Yoona za Chilungamo ya Bureau of Alcohol, Fodya, Mfuti ndi Zophulika.
"Ndikafika ku Mexico, zida izi kukathera m'manja mwa magulu ogulitsa mankhwala osokoneza bongo kapena kutumizidwa kumagulu achifwamba ku Honduras, Guatemala ndi El Salvador,” ikutero The Associated Press. Ku Honduras, “kugwidwa ndi zida m’zoyendera za anthu kumachitika kawirikawiri, kumene pafupifupi theka la zida zimene sizinalembedwe zinachokera ku United States,” inatero bungwe la federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
"The kuchuluka kwa mfuti zozembetsa zochokera ku United States zinali zofunika kwambiri moti pafupifupi theka la anthu ogulitsa mfuti ku America amadalira bizinesiyo kuti apitirizebe kuyenda bwino,” inatero yunivesite ya San Diego mu 2013.
Inde, nkhani yowopsyayi ikunenedwa, koma mkwiyo wa anthu uli kuti?
Timamva kuitana kosalekeza kofuna zinthu zambiri zoletsa kulowa m'malire mwathu. Koma ali kuti maitanidwe oletsa kusamutsa zida zankhondo mosaloledwa zomwe zikuyambitsa chiwawa chomwe chimachititsa anthu osalakwa kusiya nyumba zawo?
Mu 2016, National Rifle Association (NRA) idawononga pafupifupi $ 70 miliyoni kuti athandize kusankha a Donald Trump ndi ma Republican ena, ndalama zokulirapo kuposa gulu lomwe lidafotokozera Federal Election Commission. ” Monga momwe ndalama zamakampani opanga mfuti zimapindulira mwachindunji andale athu, zilibe zolimbikitsa zochepa zochepetsera mphamvu zamabizinesi ndi kuvulaza kwake anthu osalakwa.
Ndife nzika tokha tili ndi mphamvu zoletsa ndale zoyendetsedwa ndi ndalama ndi zotsatira zake zowopsa. Tonse titha kugwiritsa ntchito mawu athu kufalitsa zomwe dziko lathu lili ndi vuto mu chiwawa chowopsachi. Ndipo, titha kugwiritsa ntchito mavoti athu kupititsa patsogolo kusintha komwe kumasula ndalama, kuphatikiza madola a NRA, pa demokalase yathu.
Pokhapokha titatero, tonse tili ndi magazi m'manja mwathu.
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