Articles and opinion columns by Latin American analysts who take an unwavering stand for freedom, including members and directors of the IID.
”Yanqui Go Home”: The forgotten slogan is once again being painted on the walls of Latin American cities. For democratic Latin Americans like myself, it is a nightmare – and we blame both the United States and Nicaragua for their intransigence and dogmatism.
While most will remember Mikis Theodorakis as the composer of Zorba the Greek sound track his true contribution to his beloved Grece and the world was to act as the guardian of what Aristotle defined as the “ Golden Mean” .
The judicialization of political persecution is a crime, a real criminal undertaking, that includes material falsification or counterfeiting, false accusations, a criminal conspiracy, crimes against public trust, prevarication, arbitrary arrests, torture, and more. All of these crimes institutionalized under the purview and power of the State and backed by “despicable laws” (that violate human rights). This is a “crime against humanity” and “State-sponsored terrorism”.
This 40-year study of the political beliefs and commentary of American journalists found that print and broadcast journalists were considerably to the political left of the majority of Americans and that these political beliefs were reflected in their news stories.
What happened in Chile? What happened to the Chileans? are recurring questions in Latin America, because for many Chile was in the right track in its way to economic development and institutional solidity. But today the Chileans themselves are disputing past achievements.
South American economies severely battered by the take on the economy by Covid 19 are now teetering under a migratory outflow coming from Venezuela that has overpowered their absorption capacity. In Africa radical Islamism is about to destroy the economic inroads made by most nations. In short , a world without harmony and appropriate leadership to mend the institutional framework that oversaw stability for over 50 years. A world where everyone seems to play drum solos.
Is America’s foreign policy losing credibility and strength?
Unfortunately, the answer to these three questions is most likely a resounding “Yes!”
For freedom-seeking exiles, the idea of freedom is initially limited to the concept of freedom from the oppression of their former governments. Exiles think of that freedom as constantly in danger. It is perhaps for this reason that exiles often appear to be more dedicated to the ideals of freedom than the natives of their adopted homelands. Yet, as exiles we do not renounce critical thinking even as we embrace a profound emotional bonding with our history. And although our inability to return home is a personal tragedy, it is also an enabling force.
Neither in Bolivia, nor in Nicaragua, there is “respect for human rights and basic individual freedoms”. Nicaragua has over 130 and Bolivia over 45 political prisoners. The most recent political prisoners in Nicaragua are all the presidential candidates, just as Mrs. Cristiana Chamorro and others, who should participate in the upcoming 7 November elections. In Bolivia, former president Jeanine Añez, former ministers, military, policemen, young people and citizens who were a part, or victims of, the failed effort to end the dictatorship between October 2019 and October 2020, are now political prisoners.
The time has come to initiate the development of a decentralized law enforcement network that can move as fast as transnational organized crime; and prevent criminal organizations from occupying fragile countries and establishing operational bases.
