Monday, February 16th, 2015
Stephan: This got next to no coverage in the corporate media, yet I think this is an important geopolitical development in a negative trend. Our foreign policy and actions both inside and outside of our borders have created great and growing anti-Americanism. Anyone who travels internationally, or reads the English press around the world sees that, and I have documented over and over in SR. The CELAC conference represents this growing disaffection, as the report describes. But this is also a piece of something bigger.
The age of Colonial imperialism is ending. The old Spheres of Influence model is no longer wanted. and the center of power in this century is shifting away from geographical nation states to the emerging Corporate Virtual States — who often operate indirectly through the governments they buy. I see CELAC as an expression of post-colonial individuation.
The presidents take part in the working session at the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in San Antonio de Belen, Costa Rica, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015.
Credit: Enrique Martinez/AP
BELEN, COSTA RICO — The 3rd summit of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC) was characterized by a sharp message to the United States: Stop attempting to infiltrate in the region.
Held in Jan. 28 and 29 in Belen, Costa Rica, the 33 member states forming CELAC approved the “Political Declaration of Belen” which, among other things, rejects U.S. intervention in the continent, the Cuban embargo and recent sanctions imposed upon Venezuela.
According to Venezuelan Analysis, the “Political Declaration of Belen” states, “We reiterate our most profound rejection of the implementation of all coercive and unilateral measures and […]
This is a disturbing story to me for the less obvious reason that growing anti-US sentiment in Latin America could threaten our food supply. In my view, food is a dwindling resource, while the population of the world is ever expanding. Latin America is a wonderful fruit basket for the US. If they decide to cut the US off in favor of China we are in trouble.
Sadly my view of the North African portion of the “Arab Spring” is that it was a food war plain and simple, replete with hungry mercenary soldiers from African countries to the south of the Mahgreb. Go to any Italian port city and ask one of the multitudes of African refugees.
We must safeguard our food supply by playing nice with our neighbors to the south.