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| Panama, 20 years after
the Yankee invasion |
By: Elson
Concepcion
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Havana, Cuba. – 20 years ago, on December 20 1989, 21
500 US soldiers invaded Panama. They murdered many children
of the isthmus nation and abducted the president of that country,
who still remains a prisoner in a Miami jail.
Today, that nightmare comes to mind in the midst of a coup d’etat
with full US complicity in neighboring Honduras. To make matters
worse, 7 US military bases are about to be opened in bordering
Colombia.
Panama also seems to be accepting new US military facilities
after legendary patriot Omar Torrijos made Pentagon troops and
military bases leave the country. He also achieved sovereignty
over the channel, which Washington had turned into its private
property.
Latin America remembers these days that US militaries have invaded
the region 63 times since our nations were proclaimed independent.
Since the first raid against Argentina in October 31 1833; Nicaragua,
Cuba, Dominican Republic and other countries saw their soil
tramped by the boots of soldiers from the great power of the
North.
Today, US specialists and high officials claim that the end
of the Cold War and the consolidation of US hegemony in the
hemisphere made invasions unnecessary. However, the latest imperial
maneuvers, threats and plots indicate just the opposite.
United States has also tried to neocolonize our countries through
economic and commercial control. In the 90’s, it enacted
the so-called Free Trade Agreements and even attempted to impose
the FTAA. The latter failed boisterously because of the uncompromising
attitude of many countries of the continent.
Under the umbrella of the struggle against drug traffic and
terrorism, the White House has been also implementing the so-called
Colombia Plan. Now, it is being expanded with the opening of
7 US military bases and the revival of the IV Fleet and the
Southern Command. They are in charge of giving military support
to all the plans of US governments that seek to overthrow presidents
and mutilate social projects like they are doing in Honduras.
In the last decade, the relations between Washington and Latin
America have deteriorated due to US interfering and colonialist
attitude and the triumph of democratic, people’s governments,
with social projects of new type in countries like Venezuela,
Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and others.
Translated by: Pedro
A. Fanego
( 03.12.2009 10:13 AM ) |
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