Ngisanda kuthamela ingqungquthela ye-OCLAE, umbuthano wabafundi abathuthukayo e-Guadalajara, eMexico, ehlanganise izithunywa ezingaphezu kwenkulungwane ezivela kulo lonke elaseLatin America - kanye nama-norteamericanos anozwela - ukuze kuxoxwe futhi kuhlelwe amasu okubhekana nayo yonke into kusukela ekukhuphukeni kwemali yokufunda kuya ezindaweni zonke. Ukungenelela kwamasosha ase-US kuso sonke isifunda.
Lapho ngibuya eMexico, ngeza nezinto ezimbalwa, naphezu kwesenzakalo esidabukisayo esihilela ibhodlela eliphukile le-tequila esikhwameni sami engangiyiphethe. Ngafika ekhaya nezikibha nezinkinobho zezombangazwe ezidingekayo, amakhasi amanothi ahunyushwe kabi asuka kuSpanishi, nefilimu eyayihlanganisa nami ukubeka (ekuvalwe amehlo, maye) nowayengumholi wamavukelambuso eNicaragua uDaniel Ortega.
Okubaluleke kakhulu, nokho, ngibuyile kule ngqungquthela nginethemba, ngoba ezweni lanamuhla, ukunqoba kwamandla enqubekela phambili kumbalwa futhi kukude kakhulu. Kube nzima emashumini ambalwa eminyaka edlule kwaNxele futhi kubi nakakhulu eminyakeni embalwa edlule.
Isibonelo nje, u-2001 usilethele ukugcotshwa kukaMongameli ongazi lutho, ukwenyuka kwesigebengu sempi u-Ariel Sharon kuNdunankulu wakwa-Israel, ukugcotshwa kwenkampani kukaGordon Campbell kanye noSepthemba 11. Akufanele kudlule, 2002 wasinika ukukhanya okufana nokusikeka okunonya kanye nezinkontileka ezidabukile ze-BC Liberals, ukucindezela okungapheli kwempi enkulu e-Iraq, ukubuya kwamasosha ase-US ePhilippines, kanye nokuboshwa kwabantu abaningi abangama-Arab kanye namaSulumane e-United States. .
Kusabalele kulo lonke leli zwe elibi kunezindawo ezikhanyayo, eziningi zazo eziphuma eLatin America, โigceke le-US imperialism.โ Ngo-December 20, 2001, kwaqubuka ukuvukela okudumile e-Argentina, kwakhipha umongameli ngemva kukamongameli. Ukuhlubuka kuzwakalise intukuthelo phakathi neminyaka eminingi โyezinguqukoโ ze-neo-liberal ezifana nezinyathelo zokunciphisa izindleko, ukuncishiswa kwezinsizakalo zezenhlalakahle kanye nezinkampani ezizimele ezishiye ingxenye yabantu ingaphansi komugqa wobumpofu. Amaqembu ezepolitiki endabuko ase-Argentina awahlonishwa; isiqubulo sokuvukela e-Argentina saba โQue se vayan todosโ, wonke umuntu kufanele ahambe!
E-Brazil, umholi we-Workers Party uLuis Inacio da Silva, owaziwa kangcono ngelikaLula, uwine ukhetho lukamongameli ngamalengiso. Lokhu naphezu kwemizamo engenamahloni kakhulu kahulumeni wase-US kanye noshaka bemalimboleko bamazwe ngamazwe yokusabalalisa ukwesaba phakathi kwabantu. Ngokukhetha uLula kakhulu, abantu baseBrazil basho ngokugcizelela ukuthi ababekwesaba ngempela yinhlekelele yezomnotho i-Argentina ehlangabezane nayo ngesikhathi sezinguquko ze-neo-liberal. ULula uhambe umgwaqo omude, onzima ukuya emandleni. Wazalelwa enyakatho-mpumalanga empofu yase-Brazil, waphuma esitolo ukuze abe umholi wezinyunyana ovelele futhi omelene nombuso wobushiqela wezempi ngasekupheleni kwawo-'70s nasekuqaleni kwawo-'80s. Ngokubuya kwentando yeningi, uLula waba ngumongameli we-Workers Party, wagcina ephumelele kulo nyaka odlule. Nakuba zavumelana ngazwi linye ekugubheni ukukhethwa kwakhe, izihambeli zaseBrazil zazinemibono ehluke kakhulu ngalokho uLula ayezokwenza embusweni. Ngempela, uLula usebenze kanzima ukulinganisa kokubili isithombe sakhe nohlelo lwakhe eminyakeni yamuva. Nakuba egcizelela ukuthi iBrazil ngeke ivume i-Free Trade Area of โโthe Americas, -okungaba yingozi enkulu esivumelwaneni sezohwebo nokutshalwa kwezimali kwe-hemispheric - uye wahlehla ekwenqabeni kwakhe ukukhokha isikweletu sangaphandle saseBrazil, wenza konke okusemandleni ukuze ashweleze ababolekisi bamazwe ngamazwe. njenge-IMF.
Njengoba uLula elahla ezinye zezinqubomgomo zakhe eziqinile, waphinde walahla ijini yakhe yophawu lwentengiso nesitayela sezikibha wathanda isudi nothayi. Engozini yokubeka ukubaluleka okukhulu kwezembatho zezombangazwe (Ukhumbula Usuku Lwe-Stockwell kanye ne-wetsuit yakhe?), Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi u-Ortega e-Nicaragua naye usebenzisa imfashini ukuveza isithombe esilinganiselwe. Eshiya ukukhathala kwezempi ngeminyaka yawo-1980, u-Ortega wakhankasa ngo-2001 egqoke amahembe apinki, ehambisana nesiqubulo esikhumbulekayo esithi "El Camino del Amor", indlela yothando. Umbala obomvana wawusebomvu kakhulu kubaphathi bakaBush, futhi uMnyango Wezwe wenza izitatimende ezingenamahloni ezixhumanisa i-Ortega nobushokobezi bamazwe ngamazwe.
Omunye umholi waseLatin America osagqoke ukukhathala kanye nebherethi yakhe ye-paratrooper nguHugo Chavez waseVenezuela. I-Chavez, kanye nesimo esishubile ezweni elingumkhiqizi kawoyela wesine ngobukhulu emhlabeni, kungenzeka kube yisihloko okuxoxwe ngaso ngesasasa engqungqutheleni yaseGuadalajara. Enye indawo egqamile ngo-2002 kwaba ukwehluleka ukuketulwa kwamasosha ophiko lwesokudla ngokumelene noChavez ngo-April. Izigidi zabantu baseVenezuela abampofu - izwe elicebe ngowoyela linezinga lobumpofu elingamaphesenti angama-80 - abavela emaphandleni kanye nemijondolo yaseCaracas yangena emigwaqweni yazuza ukubuyiselwa kukaChavez okhethwe ngentando yeningi. Ubugebengu bukaChavez, emehlweni abantu abaphezulu bendawo, kwakuwukuba alokothe โโenze izinguquko ezilinganiselwe ezizuzisa, noma ezingase zizuzise abampofu. Waphasisa umthetho wokubuyiswa komhlaba, okuthi nakuba ungakaqalisi ukusetshenziswa, ovumela abalimi abangenamhlaba ukuba badle amapulazi athile angasetshenzisiwe. Kwenziwa imizamo yokuhlinzeka abantu abahlala emijondolo ngezinto zokwakha zokwakha izindlu. Ngo-December, 1999, kwafa abangaphezu kuka-10,000 XNUMX lapho izimvula ezinamandla zidala ukuguguleka kodaka futhi zikhukhula zonke izindawo ezingomakhelwane olwandle, ngakho mhlawumbe indaba yezindlu ezisezingeni eliphezulu yayinesidingo esithile ku-Chavez oyingcweti eyingozi. Okubi kunakho konke, idemoni belifuna ukuthi kube nemikhawulo eqinile yokuhlinzekwa kwezizwe ze-OPEC, esabisa ngokunyusa intengo kawoyela.
Njengoba ingqungquthela yabafundi ivalwa ngasekuqaleni kukaDisemba, โisiteleka esijwayelekileโ senyanga yakamuva - esibizwa kahle ngokuthi isiteleka samabhizinisi - besiqala. Izihambeli eziningi ezivela eVenezuela, ikakhulukazi lezo ze-Chavez's Movement for a Fifth Republic, azizange ziluthathe uhambo oluya eGuadalajara, zasala ukuze zibhekane nempi yezombusazwe ekhaya. Iqembu elincane laseVenezuela, elaziwa ngokuthi i-Red Flag, lanyakazisa amagagasi ngokusebenzisa wonke amathuba ebelinawo ukuze likhulume ligxeka u-Chavez ngokungaguquki ngokwanele, ukungabi umlandeli weqiniso we-Marxist, njll. Nokho, ekuceleni ukukhishwa kukaChavez ngalesi sikhathi. , laba baguquli abangcwele kunawe empeleni bahambisana nomfelandawonye ozama ngabomvu ukuketula uhulumeni okhona.
Sekukonke, umbono wokuthi ingqungquthela yangishiya nawo wawuwukuthi izinhlangano zomphakathi zaziqala kabusha kulo lonke elaseLatin America, ukuthi igagasi le-neo-liberalism lalinqanyulwa, nokuthi ikusasa lingase libambe nokunqoba okuphawulekayo. Ngokusobala amasiko omzabalazo ayecindezelwe ngobudlova ezindaweni ezifana ne-Argentina, Chile kanye neMelika Ephakathi ayengeke acindezelwe unomphela.
Yini ama-norteamericanos, okuhlanganisa nathi eCanada, anganikeza ngayo umnyakazo eLatin America? Okunye ubumbano lwamazwe ngamazwe oludidiyelwe futhi olungathi sรญna kungaba isinyathelo sokuqala esihle. Ngokudabukisayo, ukuketulwa umbuso kuka-April ngokumelene noChavez kwaphendulwa ngaphandle kokuhleba kwezishoshovu zaseNyakatho. Iningi lethu lamangala njengohulumeni wase-United States lapho kuketulwa umbuso.
Umnikelo obalulekile esingawenza, nokho, ukwakha kabusha ukunyakaza kwethu. Njengoba umuntu oshisekayo njengoGordon Campbell egxilile, kanye nabakhi bempi abashisekayo ePentagon behlela ukuhlasela e-Iraq nangale kwayo, akukho ukushoda kokuphuthuma kwesizathu sobulungiswa bezenhlalo nezomhlaba. Ngethemba, singakwazi ukufaneleka ezinye zezempi ezitholakala eLatin America endleleni eya ekunqobeni kwethu okubalulekile.
UDerrick O'Keefe, 25, uyisishoshovu nePalestine Solidarity Group eVancouver, eCanada. Xhumana: (604) 512-9955 (cell) (604) 324-6059 (ekhaya)
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