It is HUGE new harbor and the Chinese have exclusive use for 30 years.
The Western-allied Power elite claimed this was not part of the contract, which it was, and then disputed the authority of the granting agency, which also failed.
This port is automated to accommodate Super-Container sized vessels that will reduce of the shipping between western South American and Asia.
I think you are wrong, even if they sell a narrative emphases otherwise.
I am quite certain that the US Govt. has Specialists in each Western Hemispheric country and is monitoring which of them are moving closer or farther from respecting the strict interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine.
While it is true that some States in Central and South America (and Mexico) are taking some public independent stands that may align with BRICS+, others are moving noticeably closer. Yet others are playing the game, evident during the Cold War; playing both sides against each other to maximize competitive foreign support from both sides.
Argentina is an extreme example of seeking whole hearted integration in the Rules Based Order. Even one of the original BRICS, Brazil, is a little shaky about detaching from the US (at least in the Biden regime).
What's called the Monroe Doctrine is a series of very loosely connected ideas composed by John Q. Adams, Monroe's Sec.o.State who wrote the speech. It wasn't connected with a mass of ellipses until much later and declared a doctrine. It's very much akin to the concept of Manifest Destiny that was devised about the same time. As it stands, the Doctrine is afoul of the UN Charter and is illegal under International Law--AND--the US Constitution.
The pattern has been ongoing for decades, with the US side opposing the Communists, socialists, and nationalists in the old days.
Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Chile. Argentina, Panama, Colombia and others, with wars, proxies, invasion, assassination.., in places that did not heed the hegemon.
I'm an American but we almost always see the short term and have trouble seeing long-term trends and the broad sweep of history. This is no different. It's true for everything from foreign policy and ukraine to domestic policy. Minor short-term victories, perception, and quick profits rule our elites.
Thank you for keeping up the coverage of Sth America - please keep this up, if you have the time
Part of the widening arc
Another part is a - as far as I know- little noticed negotiations between First Nations in Canada with China, ongoing apparently for years
Do you know of any such in the US?
China is being inventive or at least fearless - because if such negotations were to proliferate it would be a step towards decolonisingg the US and Canada, and towards liberation of those they genocided first, before they'd even heard of Ukraine or Israel
I knew about those talks back in the oughts and included them in my teaching but haven't followed their path. The legal situations of the natives within Canada and the Empire are quite different with Canadian people having much more legal power.
Thanks for this - but the solution is so welcome that it would be hard, would it not, to not attempt to follow this example by the Canadians, if of course they managed to sign a deal or deals with China, and these stuck
Thanks james, my sentiments exactly. The time has long passed for an intervention from the UN to stop the genocide, restore borders and enforce demilitarisation of the illegal occupier. This circumstance for Palestinian and Lebanese and Syrian people is intolerable evil and we wait in vain for any organised and vigorous response from the General Assembly or even a collective of nations showing some spine. This is not the wrong topic as it is intricately connected to those who strive for the equality and dignity of people regardless of national homeland. The Russian input to APEC is on message.
China has made some impressive investments in Peru, including a nice harbor.
That NICE harbor is probably very significant.
It is HUGE new harbor and the Chinese have exclusive use for 30 years.
The Western-allied Power elite claimed this was not part of the contract, which it was, and then disputed the authority of the granting agency, which also failed.
This port is automated to accommodate Super-Container sized vessels that will reduce of the shipping between western South American and Asia.
I do not think the US is very happy about this.
Oh they're hating it🤣
US "elites" don't understand that much of the world is no longer putting up with the bullshit.
🎯
I think you are wrong, even if they sell a narrative emphases otherwise.
I am quite certain that the US Govt. has Specialists in each Western Hemispheric country and is monitoring which of them are moving closer or farther from respecting the strict interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine.
While it is true that some States in Central and South America (and Mexico) are taking some public independent stands that may align with BRICS+, others are moving noticeably closer. Yet others are playing the game, evident during the Cold War; playing both sides against each other to maximize competitive foreign support from both sides.
Argentina is an extreme example of seeking whole hearted integration in the Rules Based Order. Even one of the original BRICS, Brazil, is a little shaky about detaching from the US (at least in the Biden regime).
What's called the Monroe Doctrine is a series of very loosely connected ideas composed by John Q. Adams, Monroe's Sec.o.State who wrote the speech. It wasn't connected with a mass of ellipses until much later and declared a doctrine. It's very much akin to the concept of Manifest Destiny that was devised about the same time. As it stands, the Doctrine is afoul of the UN Charter and is illegal under International Law--AND--the US Constitution.
Not as easy as it used to be, is it? The arc of movement is away from the US and toward independence.
The pattern has been ongoing for decades, with the US side opposing the Communists, socialists, and nationalists in the old days.
Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Chile. Argentina, Panama, Colombia and others, with wars, proxies, invasion, assassination.., in places that did not heed the hegemon.
I'm an American but we almost always see the short term and have trouble seeing long-term trends and the broad sweep of history. This is no different. It's true for everything from foreign policy and ukraine to domestic policy. Minor short-term victories, perception, and quick profits rule our elites.
Some relevant background material when considering concepts of a new world order, APEC and G20 and BRICS:
https://winteroak.org.uk/2024/08/21/the-strange-career-of-samantha-cohen/
Thank you for keeping up the coverage of Sth America - please keep this up, if you have the time
Part of the widening arc
Another part is a - as far as I know- little noticed negotiations between First Nations in Canada with China, ongoing apparently for years
Do you know of any such in the US?
China is being inventive or at least fearless - because if such negotations were to proliferate it would be a step towards decolonisingg the US and Canada, and towards liberation of those they genocided first, before they'd even heard of Ukraine or Israel
I knew about those talks back in the oughts and included them in my teaching but haven't followed their path. The legal situations of the natives within Canada and the Empire are quite different with Canadian people having much more legal power.
Thanks for this - but the solution is so welcome that it would be hard, would it not, to not attempt to follow this example by the Canadians, if of course they managed to sign a deal or deals with China, and these stuck
An inspiration
Pardon me for a totally off topic suggestion, but the content is profound. No need to debate this here but you can at the site, I dropped a comment in Part 1: https://jordanhenderson.substack.com/p/gallery-of-graphs
forgive me karlof but save the floggings till after we down a tequila or two at the Gymnasium bar.
I have one word to write about those graphs--sanitation. I like salt on the rim and a big lime wedge.
I agree - a new approach to health is required and not a jiggering of medicines from the ancient
A collective approach, complete reform of ind ag, and population densities
Like the fertility decline, nevitable products of capitalism and not solved by recourse to capitalist methods
speaking of food security, how is that working out in gaza?? right - wrong topic.. oh well..
Thanks james, my sentiments exactly. The time has long passed for an intervention from the UN to stop the genocide, restore borders and enforce demilitarisation of the illegal occupier. This circumstance for Palestinian and Lebanese and Syrian people is intolerable evil and we wait in vain for any organised and vigorous response from the General Assembly or even a collective of nations showing some spine. This is not the wrong topic as it is intricately connected to those who strive for the equality and dignity of people regardless of national homeland. The Russian input to APEC is on message.