US Imperialism in Latin America

Left Voice
View In: US Imperialism in Latin AmericaU.S. Southern Command Chief Laura Richardson has expressed interest in lithium and other natural resources in South America. It shows the country’s commitment to corporate profits at the expense of workers, Indigenous people, and the environment. The post SOUTHCOM Chief Aims to Increase Imperialis...

Counter Punch
View In: US Imperialism in Latin AmericaA surging Pink Tide has brought left electoral victories in Latin America and the Caribbean protesting the neoliberal model imposed by the US and its collaborators. Neoliberalism has failed to meet the needs of the peoples of the region and is losing its legitimacy as a prototype for development. However...

Counter Punch
View In: US Imperialism in Latin AmericaThe US has long considered Latin America and the Caribbean to be its “backyard” under the anachronist 1823 Monroe Doctrine. And even though current US President Biden mistakenly thinks that upgrading the region to the “front yard” makes any difference, Yankee hemispheric hegemony is becoming increasingl...

Counter Punch
View In: US Imperialism in Latin AmericaThe IX Summit of the Americas was on the wrong path from the very beginning. For the first time since its creation in 1994, this meeting in which all the leaders of the Americas meet triennially, was held a year late. The pandemic, criticism of the OAS, which acts as Technical Secretariat, voiced a...

Multipolarista
View In: US Imperialism in Latin AmericaThe secretary of the Bolivarian Alliance (ALBA), Sacha Llorenti, discusses Latin America and the Caribbean's rebellion against the US government's exclusionary Summit of the Americas, and growing efforts at regional integration against imperialism. The post ALBA secretary: Summit of the Americas is ‘failure,...

Popular Resistance
View In: US Imperialism in Latin AmericaMexico City, Mexico – The upcoming Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles is poised to become a diplomatic liability for US President Joe Biden as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) alliance threatened to boycott the event over efforts by the host nation to exclude Cuba and Venezuela from participating. “Th...