Most pieces of shit in Latin America were involved with it somehow.
Worry not, they're the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation now. Rebranded for a new age!👍🎉
This is absolutely massive as Colombia has been a staging ground for US presence against Venezuela and Bolivia. If they are pushed out of Colombia it releases a lot of pressure on both of them.
Long time chapos will remember the never-explained sightings of US troops and helicopters in Colombia when various coups and attacks against Venezuela were ongoing.
Yes. One of the main reasons why Venezuela has been able to hold off various coup attempts by the United States is that the military is overwhelming ideologically aligned with the socialist Bolivarian project. It would obviously be a tricky balancing act in Columbia as the military deep state is so entrenched in Columbian society and crawling with [usually Christian] fascist hardened by decades of civil war. If the military [and by extension their narco trafficking Mafia allies] is not atleast reformed and brought to heel by the left then Columbia will continue to be destabilized and it will be blamed on the left(just like they tried to do with the 2016 peace accords with FARC when the death squads continued to kill social leaders while the militant left demilitarized). Much easier said then done as Columbia is one of the most violent countries on the planet for indigenous social movements, union leaders etc and there is always a very real danger of extreme and violent retaliation against anyone in power who trys to put the profits and control of them in check.
The continually receding Empire will help ease pressure, but nevertheless Columbia is the Israel of Latin America and the US will do anything it can to keep it that way. Hopefully this somewhat moderate leftist government realizes solidarity and close cooperation with Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba and Mexico AND FARC is paramount to survival and if the Workers Party wins in Brazil this October the new pink tide will have a real power block.
As always scoff at any "leftist" that makes excuses for maintaining American Empire in any form.
This guy is gonna get sidelined just like Pedro Castillo, if he isn’t shot first.
It could happen, and it also could not. People in the west were super pessimistic after the first Pink Tide receded and Venezuela went into economic crisis due to the global commodity crisis, sanctions and mismanagement. Yet here we are with another wave of hope. Don't be totally pessimistic, that's how The Empire wants us to think. There is a world to win.
It's another pink tide. If they don't tighten their control after getting elected, everything is just gonna repeat again.
There's a reason Cuba and Venezuela haven't had a successful coup any time recently despite the US very much trying.
Yeah that's actually kind of tough. If they try to tighten control but don't have enough support, it would lead to them getting couped even earlier for being "evil dictators".
It's tricky, and I obviously have no idea how to pull it off. The best I can think is tight cooperation with Cuba and Venezuela. Adopt their methods or even bring in some of their people to help secure things.
If all those countries form a bloc effectively and quickly enough, maybe they could rebuff the crumbling American empire. But it's risky even for Venezuela and Cuba.
But I doubt most of the leftists winning right now want or are willing to do any of that anyway.
But I doubt most of the leftists winning right now want or are willing to do any of that anyway.
I am certain that Evo will be thinking this along with several other hardline members of MAS. Whether the conditions actually permit it is the problem though.
what party in the region in most likely/able to do so?
my guess would be MAS in Bolivia. The fact that they did manage to weather the year-long coup and come back in basically full force seems more than just reassuring. that's durable and a contrast from how other coups have played out and from latam electoral left parties in general, with the notable exception of Chavez and PSUV. Decisions like this are a positive direction.
Mariupol tho?
edit: more recent than bolivia and obviously historic as part of a wider context
I’m genuinely surprised that the vote wasn’t rigged against him, given the transparency issues surrounding the company involved in vote counts.
Sometimes, even with their thumb on the scale, capital isn’t strong enough. When you lose despite cheating, that’s what we call a “tactical fuck up” :sicko-pog:
Exactly, everyone including Lula will disappoint on their own, but as a bloc, it opens the way for even greater change in Latin America
Skeptical about Petro
Why? He's a former member of a guerilla movement. If that doesn't show dedication, what does?
This was against the Hitler supporter, right? Or am I thinking of a different country? Either way LETS FUCKING GOOO
Hernández, a 77-year-old businessman, likes to offend. He routinely releases foul-mouthed diatribes on social media, has admitted to not knowing much of Colombia, and once described Adolf Hitler as “a great German thinker”.
He has claimed that “the ideal would be for women to dedicate themselves to raising their children,” and called Venezuelan women “factories of poor children”.
Boric in Chile also won against a son of literal Wehrmacht officer. Kind of a trend, it seems.
Saw a Gusano say that Drag queen story hours are coming to Colombia because of this
Holy shit, Chuds of all stripes are so mad about that, I swear it's like, 80% of their discourse atm
Yet child pageants remain unscrutinized for some strange reason
:epstein: :trump-anguish:
I need all the sickos you have, quickly! I have to rub this is my chud family’s face!
:sickomogus: :sicko-hexbear: :sicko-biker: :sicko-luna: :feinberg-sicko: :sicko-wholesome: :sicko-pog: :party-sicko: :sicko-beaming: :sicko-blur:
"The CIA has found out that Vladimir Putin once had a single thought about these elections and hence will be conducting special operations in Colombia to ensure freedom and Democracy"
Doomer time. All these recently elected leftist goverments in South America will spend their time in power under a globel economic crisis with huge inflation and will blamed for the worsening of people's conditions (even if most of it is not their fault). Considering how most of this presidents barely got over 50% of the vote I see a real posibility that in 3-4 years we see a wave of right wing goverments in Latam
People see they are being left behind and the center-right is only offering them the same austerity they’ve ever been given
I agree that this is true and a major factor for why they are winning NOW. But if the coming recession is really bad there is a chance where these goverments get stuck with the worst of both worlds: no money to make the structural reforms for social security and an empowered opposition that says "see you cant trust the left with money, they spend too much and bankrupt the country"
People are dividing along class due to material conditions and we know from any income/wealth distribution plot in existence that the labor class is larger
I hope that the doomer scenario doesnt happen and that class solidarity is strong enough
I hope that the doomer scenario doesnt happen and that class solidarity is strong enough
Also don’t forget those countries have a very strong and willing ally that’s about to officially become the world’s largest economy. :xi-lib-tears:
:maduro-salute: :chavez-salute: :fidel-salute: :evo: :arce-excited: :che-poggers: :lula-bars: :vuvuzela: :vuvuzela: :vuvuzela: :vuvuzela:
Edit: also the lack of Correa emojis is a gulagable offense imo
To be fair to Jadue, he does have the following going for him
1 - Commie 2 - Palestinian 3 - Bimbo
