ISivumelwano Sokuhwebelana Ngokukhululeka sizobhebhethekisa isimo esibucayi sobuntu
I-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) ne
Izinyanga, i-FTA iboshelwe kuCongress ngenxa yokukhathazeka
Kuze kube manje, inkulumo-mpikiswano igxile ekufeni kwabantu abaningi ngabaholi bezisebenzi ezandleni zikahulumeni kanye namasosha.
Ngokuyalwa kuka
Nokho uMongameli Bush uyenqaba ukuyeka, naphezu kwenhlolovo yezwe lonke laseColombia mayelana ne-FTA ngo-2005 lapho ama-98% aseColombia avota ngokumelene nayo.
Akumangalisi ukuthi, The Wall Street Journal uvumelana nenqubomgomo kaBush ngokugomela ukuthi u-Obama akaziqondi izinzuzo “zokuhwebelana Kwamahhala”.
Intshisekelo evuselelwe ekudluleni kwe-FTA ku
Njengamanje, izinkulungwane zababhikishi bomdabu, izishoshovu zezinyunyana kanye nabaholi benhlangano yabalimi bamasha besuka eningizimu yezwe beya enhloko-dolobha yase-Bogota, ukuzobhikishela izinqubomgomo zezomnotho ze-neo-liberal zikaMongameli waseColombia u-Alvaro Uribe—umlingani omkhulu kaBush isifunda.
Ingxabano phakathi kwababhikishi bomdabu kanye namasosha kahulumeni yaqhuma enyangeni edlule, lapho amasosha evulela ngenhlamvu ezinkulungwaneni zababhikishi enyakatho.
Emasontweni amabili edlule, inhloko ye-Colombian Armed Forces, uJenene Mario Montoya kanye nezinye izikhulu ezingu-26 ezikhundleni eziphezulu baphoqeleka ukuthi basule. La maphoyisa ayexhunyaniswe nomkhuba wamasosha owaziwa ngokuthi 'abantu bamanga,' lapho kuboshwa khona intsha empofu yasedolobheni, iyiswa ehlathini, idutshulwe, bese igqokiswa izinto zokufihla ikhanda ukuze zethulwe njengamavukelambuso e-FARC angakwesokunxele abulawe empini.
Okwenza lesi simo sibe nzima, uhulumeni ka-Uribe ugcwele ihlazo. Amalungu amaningi esishayamthetho eqenjini lakhe asemajele noma ashushiswe ngenxa yobudlelwane namasosha, amaqembu abulalayo kanye nezinkampani ezithengisa izidakamizwa.
Ngaphambi nje kwalokhu
Ubhekene nokuphika kuka-Uribe, ngoNovemba 10th, lo I-Association of Indigenous Councils of Northern Cauca (ACIN) yathumela incwadi evulekile ku-Obama, imcela ukuthi angasisekeli Isivumelwano Sokuhweba Ngokukhululekile
Uhulumeni wase-Uribe usesole amaqembu abomdabu ngokusiza i-FARC ukutshala ibhomu elabulala amasosha amabili ngezikhathi zasekuseni ngoLwesibili, icala le nhlangano yendabuko eliphika ngokusobala.
Umkhulumeli we-ACIN, uManuel Rozental, uthe uhulumeni ufuna ukwenza kube yicala le nhlangano yabomdabu ukuze bathole ukwesekwa ngumphakathi ngomkhankaso wabo oqhubekayo wokulwa nodlame olubhekiswe ekugqugquzeleni ukuthula, owaziwa ngele- iminga in
"Inhlangano yabomdabu yenze isitatimende esicace kakhulu ngokumelene nempi kanye nawo wonke amaqembu alwayo, okuhlanganisa namavukelambuso ahlomile," esho.
"Kunikeza uhulumeni ingxabano yokuthi angene futhi ahlasele izakhamuzi bese ebasola njengabashokobezi," eqhubeka. “Ukuthatha izikhali ukuze umelane nombuso onolaka kungaba ukuziguqula ube yinhlangano umuntu amelene nayo.”
Isidingo esiyinhloko sokunyakaza isiphetho sezinqubomgomo zezomnotho ze-neo-liberal ezigqugquzelwa u-Uribe kanye nezinyathelo zokuphepha ezinonya ezisetshenziswa ngaphansi koHlelo olusekelwa yi-US.
Ukuze
Nakuba kuncane okuxoxwe ngakho,
Ngokuka-Rozental, izinkampani zezimayini zamazwe ngamazwe nezegesi yemvelo ziyimbangela yokuxoshwa kwabantu bomdabu ezindaweni ezinothile ngezinsiza.
"Ngaphandle kokwesaba okungapheli okuvela kuhulumeni, bekungeke kwenzeke ukuletha izinsiza nezindawo zezwe ezinkampanini zamazwe ngamazwe," esho.
“Abantu abayizigidi ezine baye basuswa ezindaweni ezinothile,” eqhubeka, “ukuze balethe lezo zindawo ezithakazelweni zezinkampani. Uma i-FTA isayinwa, ukwabiwa kwezinsiza nomhlaba kungagunyazwa ngokusemthethweni yiqembu elibonakala likhethwe ngokwentando yeningi labashayamthetho, abangene ezikhundleni ngokusekelwa amaqembu abulalayo.”
Nokho, I-Wall Street Journal, ohlelweni oluhlasela isimo sika-Obama ku-FTA, okubonakala sengathi sikushaye indiva
"Uma
Nokho izinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe zamalungelo abantu nazo zikugxekile ukusetshenziswa kodlame olubhekiswe kubantu baseColombia yizinkampani zamazwe ngamazwe.
Ngokusho kweMiningWatch Canada, "Lapho izinkampani ziye zafuna ukufinyelela ezinsizeni zaseColombia - uwoyela, amalahle, igolide, ama-emerald - zisebenzisa udlame lwamasosha, ukuxoshwa kwabantu ngenkani, ukubulawa kwabantu abaningi kanye nokunyamalala njengamaqhinga okususa abantu futhi bavikele imali yabo."
Naphezu kokuhlasela okunodlame okuqhubekayo, abantu bomdabu e-
"Sebephenduke isizinda sokuphikisa komphakathi ezweni," kusho uRozental. “Bazobhekana nokuhlaselwa kuhlonyiwe ngokuphuma, bembuliwe, babhekane nalabo ababahlaselayo.
"Inhlangano yabomdabu ikhombisile ukuthi iyona kuphela ekwazile ukubhekana nombuso wase-Uribe, ngokumelene nokwesaba nokwesaba, futhi isikwazile ukuxosha wonke amaqembu alwayo," eqhubeka.
Ngalokhu, sebewine kabili Umklomelo Wokuthula waseColombia. Ngokuvumelana ne
"Abantu bomdabu banesikhundla esisodwa esingcwele: ukuvikela nokugqugquzela impilo, ngaphezu kwanoma yini enye," esho. "Bamelana nombuso we-neoliberal womhlaba wonke owenze ingcebo yaba ngcwele ngoba impilo kufanele ivikelwe futhi lolu hlelo luyayicekela phansi."
Nokho ngoLwesihlanu, imashi ebheke
URozental uthe abaholi abaningi bale nhlangano besaba udlame olwengeziwe njengoba kusondela umkhankaso
"Ukwesaba kwethu okukhulu," esho. “Sinovalo lokuthi kungazuzisa umbuso ukuthi izenzo zempi nobushokobezi zenzeka ngesikhathi iminga. Okuwukuphela kwabazuzi odlameni, okwamanje, umbuso ngokwawo kanye nabasekeli bawo bamazwe ngamazwe.”
“Sicela umhlaba ukuthi uvikele abantu bakhona
Kepha uRozental uyashesha ukuveza ukuthi zonke izenzo ezithathwe nguhulumeni waseColombia zisekelwa yi-
“Bayazi ukuthi bayaxoxisana futhi basayine isivumelwano ukuze bathole ingcebo, ngemali ephansi, ngokusetshenziswa njalo nangokuhlelekile kokwesaba,” usho kanje.
“Futhi umphumela wakho konke lokhu,” eqhubeka, “ukuthi abantu baxoshwe kakhulu ezweni labo.”
Enkulumweni yabezindaba echaza ukuphikisana kwabo ne-FTA, i-ACIN yakwenza kwacaca ukuthi bayesaba ukuphasiswa kwe-FTA kuzokwenza kuphela olunye udlame kanye nokuhlukunyezwa kwamalungelo abantu.
“Asiphikisani nobudlelwano bohwebo nomnotho wamazwe ngamazwe. Kodwa umbandela oyisisekelo wokugunyaza noma yisiphi isivumelwano sohwebo kufanele kube ukuhlonipha amalungelo abantu ayisisekelo, futhi le FTA ibeka ngaphansi kwamalungelo ethu esintu kanye nawomuntu ngamunye ezintshisakalweni zabatshalizimali.”
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