Umthombo: London Review of Books
Ngosuku agcotshwa ngalo, uJoe Biden wamisa ukwakhiwa kodonga lomngcele waseMexico kaTrump. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambili, amakhilomitha angu-1500 ukuya eningizimu, โikharavaniโ entsha ye okungenani abafuduki abayizinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalombili baseHonduran base belibangise enyakatho, ngokwengxenye ngethemba lokuthi ngesikhathi bezama ukuwelela eTexas, kungenzeka ukuthi iBiden yayithenjiswe ukuthambisa inqubomgomo yabokufika.
Izithiyo ezishiywe nguTrump zisamile endleleni yazo. Izivumelwano azenza neHonduras neGuatemala zaholela ekutheni amaphoyisa ahlasele futhi ahlakaze ababaleki. Amaqembu ahlakazekile asabhekisa amabombo emngceleni waseMexico eChiapas - ngokusho isikhulu esisodwa sesikhathi sikaTrump, โmanje umngcele wethu oseningizimuโ - lapho bezobhekana khona namasosha aseMexico. Uma ekugcineni befika e-Rio Grande, bazojoyina abantu abangu-25,000 abafuna ukukhoseliswa emakamu, abalindele ukucutshungulwa US izikhulu zasemngceleni. URoberta Jacobson, isikhulu sikaBiden esithweswe icala lokwakha inqubomgomo yakhe entsha yokufuduka 'evikelekile, ephethwe futhi enobuntu', uye ebabuza ukubekezela nokuncenga ukuthi kungabi khona abafikayo.
Kungani abantu bethatha lezi zingozi? Iqiniso liwukuthi iHonduras iyizwe elihlulekile futhi, ngaphandle kwalapho US inqubomgomo mayelana nayo ishintsha kakhulu, izinkulungwane eziningi ezengeziwe zizobhekisa amabombo enyakatho. Kusukela i ukuketulwa umbuso kwezempi ngo-2009 kube namakhetho amathathu anenkohlakalo. Owokugcina, ngo-2017, owabona uJuan Orlando Hernรกndez (Joh) oqokwe kabusha lapho eselahlekelwe ngokusobala, kwaholela ekucindezelweni okwengeziwe. Ukushushiswa kwabavikeli bamalungelo abantu akupheli, ngisho nangemva kokulahlwa kwamazwe ngamazwe ukubulawa kukaBerta Cรกceres eminyakeni emihlanu edlule. Kwabulawa abayisikhombisa ngo-2020, kwathi abaholi abane abasebasha basemiphakathini yaseGarifuna, abathunjwa ngobusuku obubodwa ezinyangeni eziyisikhombisa ezedlule. kusalahlekile.
Izikhathi zokufika ekhaya ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-Covid-19 zibonakala zibhebhethekisa udlame lwansuku zonke: izidumbu eziyishumi nanye zatholwa emgwaqweni ngesonto elilodwa ngoJanuwari; izidumbu ziyaqotshwa zishiywe zigoqwe ngepulasitiki. Mhlawumbe icala elivusa amadlingozi kakhulu lenzeke ekuqaleni kwale nyanga: udokotela kanye nomhlengikazi ongumfundi, obesebenza neziguli ze-Covid, baboshelwe ukwephula ihora lesi-9 ebusuku. isikhathi sokubuya ekhaya. Udokotela wadedelwa, kodwa umhlengikazi washonela esitokisini samaphoyisa. Kwaqubuka imibhikisho. Kuboshwe abantu abahlanu, bahlukunyezwe amaphoyisa futhi baphoqwe ukuba bavume amacala abangawenzanga.
NgoNovemba, iziphepho ezimbili shaya izwe elingakulungele nhlobo, kwacekela phansi amakhaya angu-6000 85,000 futhi kwacekela phansi kabi ezinye ezingu-XNUMX XNUMX. NgoDisemba, Joh wayehambela izikhungo zezimali eWashington efuna imali. Uqoqe imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu zamaRandi ekusizeni izisulu zesiphepho, naphezu kwenkohlakalo esakazwe kahle ekukhishweni kwezimali ezinikelwe ngaphambilini ukulwa ne-Covid-3. Ngokushesha ngemva kokuvakasha kwakhe, abashushisi benhlangano eNew York - okwathi ngonyaka odlule bakusungula lokho Joh wakha a i-narco-state - amadokhumenti afakiwe ku-a icala elisha lezidakamizwa. Ngemva kokucaphuna Joh ethi 'uzophusha izidakamizwa phezulu emakhaleni ama-gringos' ngokukhukhula US nge-cocaine, bamsola โngokukhwabanisa imali yosizo ehlinzekwa yi-United States ngezinhlangano ezingekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni ezinomgunyathiโ. Ilebhu yezidakamizwa zaseHonduran, evikelwe amasosha JohAma-oda, bebethumela amakhulu amakhilogremu e-cocaine eMiami njalo ngenyanga.
Ukuphazamiseka okukhulu okudalwe yiziphepho kubangele ukwanda okusha kwezifo ze-Covid-19: amacala amasha ayi-1100 ngosuku olulodwa maphakathi noJanuwari, aphezulu kakhulu kuze kube manje. Njengoba incithakalo ngenxa yenkohlakalo nokuxhaswa ngezimali okuncane, uphiko lwezempilo luthwele kanzima. Okungenani bangu-75 odokotela kanye nenqwaba yabahlengikazi asebeshonile, iningi labo ngenxa yokugcwala kwamawodi nemishini engekho emthethweni. โKumelwe silinde kuze kube yilapho umuntu efa ukuze sinikeze omunye umuntu umbhede wakhe,โ udokotela wathi. Ukuvala lezi zikhala, izibhedlela ezingomahambanendlwana eziyisikhombisa zayalelwa ngoMashi odlule kodwa zimbili kuphela ezisebenza kahle. Inhloko yale nhlangano eyenza isivumelwano sika-$47 million, isolwa ngenkohlakalo, yaxoshwa. Abantu babhikisha ngaphansi kwesibhengezo: โUkube bekuyi-narco lab, ibizosebenza.โ
Inqubomgomo ka-Biden yokuthuthela kwelinye izwe ihlanganisa ukusebenzisa ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezine e-El Salvador, Guatemala naseHonduras ukubhekana nezinkinga ezidala ukufuduka. Kufanele kube sobala, hhayi okungenani ebufakazini obuqoqwe ngabashushisi baseNew York, ukuthi iqembu elibusayo eTegucigalpa alikufanele ukubusa, noma ngabe. Joh esikhundleni sakhe okhethweni ngoNovemba. Kodwa izinkinga zijula โโkakhulu kunalokho: lonke uhlelo olulawulayo lunikeza izidingo zamabhizinisi amakhulu - ngokuvamile izinkampani zaseNyakatho Melika - njengoba luxhaphaza kokubili umhlaba kanye nabasebenzi, lucekela phansi imvelo futhi lunakekela. igebe lesibili elikhulu phakathi kwabacebile nabampofu eLatin America. Ukuphonsa imali ezinkingeni kungamane kuzenze zibe zimbi kakhulu ngaphandle kokuthi uBiden enze izinguquko ezibalulekile US Inqubomgomo ka-Obama kanye nonobhala wakhe wezwe u-Hillary Clinton abanqabile ukuyicabangela. Mhlawumbe uyazi ukuthi lokhu ngeke kufezwe ngokushesha noma kalula, izikhulu zeBiden zibonakala zithule Ebuzwa IMexico nomakhelwane bayo ukuthi baqhubeke nokunqanda amakharavani abafudukayo, njengoba kuthiwa kwakhiwa entsha.
Joh Okwamanje akabhekene nje nokwenqatshwa kwezepolitiki kodwa kungenzeka akhishwe ngaphandle uma US amjikele. Yena kubika ukuze 'ezame ukuthola ukuthi angaziguqula kanjani isuka ku-Trump ally ibe yi-Biden'. Ubhale kuTwitter a isithombe ngaye noBiden ngo-2015: 'Ngiyethemba ukuthi singasebenza ndawonye,' wabhala, 'njengakudala.'
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