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Colombia: a mercenary state serving US imperialism
OLIVER DODD says Colombia's regime is not just an abuser of its own people, but a lynchpin of US dominance in Latin America
A Colombian protester against neoliberalism this spring
A US onslaught of unprecedented scale has shattered Venezuelan sovereignty and exposed the fragility of the global South as Washington revives the Monroe Doctrine with overwhelming military force, write VIJAY PRASHAD and CARLOS RON
In a country torn apart by sanctions and ‘electoral warfare,’ the reality is more complex than Western headlines would have us believe, argues MARC VANDEPITTE
ALAN SIMPSON looks at the bigger issues behind Trump’s Venezuelan piracy
From the kidnapping of Maduro in Venezuela to Trump’s annexation plans for Greenland: the US is openly relying on imperialism – and paradoxically strengthening its adversaries in the process, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
ROGER McKENZIE looks at how US doublespeak on the ‘war on drugs’ is used to camouflage its intended grab for of Latin America’s natural resources
AS THE gateway to both Central and South America and providing strategic access to the Panama Canal, US imperialism has long prioritised Colombia as a client state and bulwark to counter working-class and peasant forces in the Americas.
Through the installation of at least seven military bases that we know about, US imperialism exploits Colombian territory as a strategic beachhead to combat anti-imperialists, especially threatening revolutionary movements in Colombia and Venezuela.
This can be seen most clearly in the attempted 2019 assassination of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The mercenaries involved positioned their training camps close to US and Colombian military bases and launched their operation from Colombian airstrips, rivers and shores.
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