Iningi lezisekelo zezempi zakwamanye amazwe ze-1,000 emhlabeni zingase-United States, ene-737 emazweni ahlukene (ngaphandle kwezisekelo eziyimfihlo)
'" U-Lina Cahuasquร, isishoshovu se-Ecuador No Bases Coalition
Quito โ Kusungulwe inethiwekhi yamazwe ngamazwe yokuqedwa kwezikhungo zamasosha angaphandle engqungqutheleni ebihanjelwe izishoshovu nongoti abangaphezu kwenkulungwane abavela emazweni angama-1,000, evulwe enhlokodolobha yase-Ecuador ngoMsombuluko. I-No Bases Network izoxhumanisa amasu esenzo ngokumelene nezisekelo zamasosha ezingaphezu kwe-30 emhlabeni jikelele.
U-Lina Cahuasquร, isishoshovu se-Ecuador No Bases Coalition, utshele i-IPS ukuthi i-No Bases Network izoba 'indawo yobuningi, yentando yeningi, exhunyaniswe nemizabalazo yaphakade yezinhlangano zezenhlalakahle zohlelo olungenamasosha olusekelwe enhlonipho, ukulingana, ubulungiswa nesiko lokuthula.'
Ingqungquthela yamazwe ngamazwe yokuqala yalolu hlobo izoqhubeka kuze kube uLwesihlanu, futhi izohlaziya umthelela wezikhungo zamasosha angaphandle kanye nemizabalazo yabantu bendawo ngokumelene nokuba khona kwazo.
Izikhathi zosuku lokuqala zazinikelwe ekuhlanganyeleni okuhlangenwe nakho okuvela ezweni ngalinye. Kuzohlelwa futhi amasu ahlangene okusebenza, futhi ngoLwesine, uSuku Lwabesifazane Lwamazwe Ngamazwe, umahamba-nendlwana 'Wabesifazane Wokuthula' uzosuka e-Quito uya echwebeni lasentshonalanga yeManta, lapho isizinda esikhulu kunazo zonke sase-US eNingizimu Melika sikhona.
Ngosuku lokuvalwa kwengqungquthela, imikhosi yamasiko izoba seQuito naseManta, futhi kuzokwethulwa umkhankaso wobumbano emhlabeni wonke ofuna kuvalwe ngokuphelele isizinda sakwaManta.
UCahuasquร uthe iningi lezisekelo zezempi zakwamanye amazwe eziyi-1,000 emhlabeni zingezaseMelika, enama-737 emazweni ahlukene. Abanye bangabaseRussia, China, United Kingdom nase-Italy.
'Futhi lezi azibandakanyi izizinda zamasosha eziyimfihlo, njengalezi ezine ezisetshenziswa yi-US e-Iraq,' kusho yena.
'Kodwa i-United States ayinazo kuphela izisekelo emazweni asathuthuka. Inezisekelo ezingama-81 eJalimane nezingu-37 eJapan,' engeza. ELatin America naseCaribbean kunezisekelo zamasosha zase-US eziyi-17, eziseColombia, Peru, El Salvador, Aruba, Curaรยงao, Honduras, Ecuador, naseGuantanamo Bay eCuba, waphawula.
U-Wilbert van der Zeijden, we-Transnational Institute e-Netherlands, uthe ufuna umhlangano ukhuthaze 'umkhankaso obanzi womhlaba wonke' wokulwa nokuba khona kwamasosha angaphandle kanye nezisekelo emhlabeni jikelele.
'Uma singakwazi ukuvala zonke izisekelo, singakwazi okungenani ukwenza buthaka inethiwekhi yamasosha ase-US ebavumela ukuthi bahlasele lapho befisa futhi kuphi,' esho.
U-Corazรยณn Fabros Valdez, wasePhilippines, useKomidini Elihlelayo Lamazwe Ngamazwe lengqungquthela. Uthe unethemba lokuthi umhlangano wase-Ecuador uzohlanganisa ukwesekwa komhlaba wonke kwenhlangano yokuvala isizinda saseManta, futhi uqinise ukuzimisela kukahulumeni ukunqamula isivumelwano sokuqashisa ngoZibandlela wezi-2009, lapho siphelelwa yisikhathi.
'Sibone ukubaluleka kobumbano lwamazwe ngamazwe ukuze kuzuzwe impumelelo ngesikhathi somzabalazo wokulwa nezizinda zase-US ePhilippines,' kusho yena.
'IPhilippines yayinezisekelo zamasosha ase-US iminyaka engaphezu kwe-100, ezasetshenziswa ngokumelene neVietnam nezinye izizwe. Eminye yemiphumela emibi kakhulu ukuphulwa kwamalungelo abantu kanye nentando yeningi,' kusho uFabros Valdez.
Umongameli omusha wase-Ecuador, uRafael Correa, usememezele ukuthi ngeke akuvuselele ukuqashiswa kwesizinda saseManta. Abakhulumeli bokuphatha kukaGeorge W. Bush baveze ukuthi i-United States ingathanda ukuqhubeka nokusebenzisa lezi zikhungo kuze kube ngu-2012.
I-Manta iyichweba elikhulu lase-Ecuador, elisePacific Ocean amakhilomitha angu-260 ukusuka eQuito.
UHerbert Docena, ongumcwaningi weFocus on the Global South ePhilippines, naye uthe unethemba lokuthi le ngqungquthela izothumela umyalezo ocacile wokuthi abantu emhlabeni wonke abazifuni izizinda zamasosha angaphandle.
'Ngaphandle kwesimemezelo sezombusazwe, sifuna ukusungula Inethiwekhi Yezisekelo Zomhlaba wonke futhi yandise amandla ayo, ukuze iqale amaphrojekthi esikhathi esimaphakathi neside,' u-Docena utshele i-IPS.
'I-United States yeseka uFerdinando Marcos (1965-1986) ngemali eshisiwe ukuze bagcine izisekelo zabo ePhilippines. Ngaphandle kokweseka kwabo uMarcos, besingeke sibe nobushiqela obude kangaka,' usho kanje.
'Kwaba ngemva kokuvalwa kwezisekelo ngo-1992 lapho sabona khona ukuthi kungakanani ukungcola okwakukubangele,' esho.
Omunye obambe iqhaza engqungqutheleni uCindy Sheehan wase-US, umama kaCasey Sheehan, isosha elibulawe e-Iraq. Ulapha ukuzoxoxa indaba yakhe futhi ajoyine ikharavani ye-Women for Peace.
UCahuasquร ukhulume ngesizinda sase-US e-Vieques, e-Puerto Rico, njengesibonelo semiphumela engemihle yezisekelo zamasosha. 'Le ndawo yayingcoliswe yizinsimbi ezisindayo, amakhemikhali, ngisho nemfucuza yenuzi efana ne-uranium ephelile, ibe nomthelela omubi emanzini, kubantu, nasemvelweni jikelele,' kusho yena.
Izisekelo eziningi zithathwa njengezikhungo zokubambisana nokushintshisana, kodwa zifakwe amagiya okuxhumana e-hi-tech futhi zisetshenziselwa ubunhloli, njengaseNew Zealand.
Lezi zishoshovu zidingide impumelelo yomzabalazo wazo kuze kube manje, okuhlanganisa nodaba lwase-Italy, lapho abantu abangaphezu kuka-100,000 bangena emigwaqweni bekhombisa ukuthi ngeke bakwamukele ukwephulwa kobukhosi bezwe labo.
Esinye isibonelo kwaba ukuvukela okunokuthula kwabantu basePuerto Rican ukuze baqinisekise ukuvalwa kwesizinda sase-Vieques, ngemva kweminyaka engu-60 yokuba khona kwezempi yase-US.
I-Ecuador yenqabile isiphakamiso saseMelika sokumisa esinye isizinda samasosha esiqhingini saseBaltra, eGalapagos. I-Panama yaxosha i-US Navy, kanti i-Uruguay, i-Argentina ne-Brazil eminyakeni yamuva bayekile ukubamba iqhaza ekuqondiseni okuhlanganyelwe kwemikhumbi yempi ne-United States.
'Sigqugquzelwe yisimo sikahulumeni wase-Ecuadorean sokuvala isizinda saseManta, kodwa sikhathazekile futhi ngengcindezi i-United States eyibeka kuleli zwe ukuze igcine isisekelo,' kusho uCahuasquร.
Abomthetho abavela eBrazil, Venezuela kanye namazwe ase-Europe babambe iqhaza engqungqutheleni kanye nezishoshovu, njengonobhala jikelele weWorld Peace Council, ilungu lePhalamende LaseYurophu uTobias Pflueger, kanye nomcwaningi waseMexico u-Ana Esther Ceceรยฑa.
Izikhulumi zifaka u-Kyle Kajihiro, umvikeli oqinile wamalungelo abantu bomdabu baseHawaii, ubulungiswa bezemvelo kanye nokuhoxiswa kwabantu, kanye no-Andres Thomas, ilungu le-US-based Democracy Now. (END/2007)
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