Approval of US Troops to Train Peruvian Armed Forces Proves US Behind Coup

Clau O’Brien Moscoso Peruvian military training at Fort Hood, Texas in 2021 (Photo: jbsa.mil Donald Sparks) US SOUTHCOM is strengthening ties with Peru’s coup government by training that country’s military and police force. National Strike, Day 140 Amid continuing social upheaval five months after the parliamentary coup against Pedro Castillo, the Peruvian Congress, controlled by…

A Commentary on the Use of Force by US Southern Command

Luis Lazaro Tijerina The Monroe Doctrine is a relic of history and no longer valid in a multi-polar world. The history of the United States foreign policy is a sordid affair in which the peoples of Latin America have been subjugated and continue to be subjugated to the colonial aspirations of the various United States…

Argentine Government Welcomes U.S. Army’s Southern Command with Open Arms

People’s Communication Network The head of the Southern Command, Laura Richardson, visited Argentina to review and discuss lithium, fresh water, oil and other assets. The head of the US Southern Command, Laura Richardson, arrived in Argentina on Sunday and held a private meeting with the Minister of Defense, Jorge Taiana, on Monday, after holding a…

NATO’s Growing Military Presence in Latin America and the Caribbean (Part I, II & III)

Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Part I At present, it has become customary to speak of NATO’s expansion “towards Eastern Europe”, which, while effective, is a reductionist concept. The truth is that since the end of the bipolar world, the United States, believing itself to be the master of the world, has used NATO to expand throughout…

Latin America: The United States Improvises in Confronting the Silk Road

Claudio Katz The United States is losing economic primacy in Latin America in the face of the overwhelming presence of China, unable to find recipes to counterbalance this protagonism that threatens its traditional domination. The domination of the United States over Latin America has no equivalent in other parts of the world. In no other…

Southern Command: The Empire on a Rampage in Latin America

Jorge Capelán The annual report presented March 8, by General Laura J. Richardson, head of the United States Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) before the House Armed Services Committee, provides a series of details on the Pentagon’s priorities towards our region. In order to counter the influence of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Russia, Nicaragua, Cuba,…

US Objectives in Latin America According to SOUTHCOM: Lithium, Sweet Crude, Fresh Water

Laura Richardson spoke at an event of the Atlantic Council -a think tank with close ties to NATO- where she listed the reasons why the United States has its eyes on the rest of the continent. “Why is Latin America important?”. That was the rhetorical question posed by Laura Richardson, head of the U.S. Southern…

Qassem Soleimani in Venezuela: The Lesser Known Motive Behind His Assassination

Hasan Illaik Why was Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani assassinated by the US? His visit to Venezuela in 2019 may provide some answers. On 3 January 2020, the US military assassinated Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the elite Quds Force in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), along with his companion, the deputy head…

Counterinsurgency War: U.S. Bioresearch Labs, Bases and Troops in Peru

Stella Calloni Vraem (Valley of the Apurimac, Ene and Mantaro Rivers), host to 40 US military bases, allegedly combatting “drug trafficking”. Peru has been experiencing a dramatic crisis since December 7. This crisis was caused by the illegal dismissal of President Pedro Castillo, imposed by the Parliament under the control of the Peruvian ultra-right wing,…

No to a U.S. Military Base on Gorgona: Pressure Mounts on Petro in Colombia

Ariel Noyola Rodríguez Military personnel supervising one of the beaches of Gorgona Island. December 2022 . Courtesy of David Quintero / @davidquintero42 Environmentalists, scientific community and legislators demand the President of Colombia withdraw from the controversial project on ‘Science Island’. Less than three weeks before starting the construction of the dock that will be part…

NATO Threats to the Heart of Abya Yala

Jorge Capelán Hydrographic basins of South America: In green, the Amazon basin,and in purple, the Rio de la Plata basin. In the face of a new wave of governments of self-defined progressive orientation in recent years in several countries of the region, there are alarming maneuvers by the United States and NATO to prevent a…

US Wants to Build Military Bases in Uruguay

Ahmed Adel U.S.’s Charge d’Affaires in Uruguay, Ms. Jennifer Savage, hosted a recognition ceremony at the Chief of Mission’s residence for graduates of the U.S. International Military Education and Training Program for 2020 and 2021. Ms. Savage was joined by Uruguayan Minister of Defense Dr. Javier Garcia, military leaders, and more than 55 military and…

NATO in the Amazon: Petro Plays with Fire

Roger D. Harris So Com commander Laura Richardson meeting with Colombia President Gustavo Petro NATO recently expanded to Sweden and Finland, has been de facto incorporated in Ukraine, and may extend to Georgia. Now, NATO’s entry into the Amazon is in the works under the aegis of newly elected President Gustavo Petro of Colombia. NATO is a primary…

Haiti’s Puppet PM Receives US Delegation Amid Call for Military Intervention

A US government delegation traveled on Wednesday to Port-au-Prince to meet with Prime Minister Ariel Henry amid calls from the Henry administration for foreign intervention in the country. Biden’s Assistant Secretary for State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Brian A. Nichols, headed the delegation and was accompanied by Military Deputy Commander of SOUTHCOM, Lieutenant General Andrew Croft, as…

US in Latin America: Interference, Extortion and Blackmail in Times of Global Reconfiguration

Jorge Elbaum The disordered and brutal intentionality of the United States to control the political, economic, communicational, military and cultural orientations of Latin America is linked to the loss of its relevance in the region. Last Thursday, the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, Marc Stanley, arrogated to himself the right to give his opinion on the…

US General Caught Pining for Latin America’s Resources

Wyatt Reed Online reaction to the official rattling off specific quantities of the region’s mineral wealth reserves included a ravenous Looney Tunes wolf licking its chops and a photoshopped image featuring Gen. Richardson overlayed with the mask of “Lord Humongous,” the bloodthirsty gas-seeking marauder who violently besieges the protagonists of ‘Mad Max 2.’ A video…

NATO and Africa

Djibo Sobukwe Djibo Sobukwe participated in a Canadian Foreign Policy Institute panel, “NATO and Global Empire ” on June 30, 2022. These are his remarks on NATO and Africa. Greetings everyone, I want to thank the organizers for this timely webinar, and for inviting me to make a contribution. It is timely not only because NATO is…

The Empire’s “Front Yard” and the Monroe Doctrine

Erica Caines We used to talk about, when I was a kid in college, about “America’s backyard.” It’s not America’s backyard. Everything south of the Mexican border is America’s front yard. And we’re equal people. We don’t dictate what happens in any other part of that — of this continent or the South American continent….