Boric, my man, they’ll still coup you, even if you say and do everything “right” :allende-rhetoric:
I know right? AMLO figured it out over the last couple of years, why can't he?
This mf's country still using a constitution from Pinochet. Glass houses, bud.
Tbf they're writing a new constitution now and he will support it whereas the fascist he ran against vowed to block the new constitution. But yeah his comments on the Bolivarian system are trash, that system helped millions of people before sanctions strangled the shit out of Venezuela.
Gabriel Boric? More like Gabriel Boring.
Honestly its seriously disappointing not only that he decided not to boycott the summit, but he's seemingly leaning into the role of grifter. Regurgitating [US] state department talking points isn't going to help grow the leftist movement in Latin America and its certainly not going to help combat American imperialism. This latest wave of Latin American "leftists" have been pretty disappointing.
I can understand Americans not seeing how transparent the US is in inviting El Salvador and Haiti while blocking Cuba and Venezuala.
But how the fuck does any Latin American go along with this shit?
It's not like they came directly from America. They went to schools in Chile, most of the people they interact with are Chilean. The newspapers they read are written for Chileans.
Edit: Also how the fuck do you get zionist chileans?
White Latin Americans tend to be more Pro-US. Notice how that's mostly who ends up immigrating to Miami.
Ah, you probably don't know about how ridiculously racist latams are against other latam countries, despite all of us being so fucking similar in history and culture, yet pretending to be so many different nations.
Also, yeah, gusanos are gonna gusanos, pro USA, pro zionism, pro SA apartheid, whatever you like, we got the wormest worms here. No matter the history, history is dictated by big capital, just like everywhere else.
Oh and yeah, white people are always the most gusanos.
Meanwhile, here's a bunch of Caribbean ministers vouching for Cuba and denouncing its exclusion from the Summit of the Americas:
Saint Lucia: https://twitter.com/KawsachunNews/status/1535382276514750465
Trinidad and Tobago: https://twitter.com/KawsachunNews/status/1535377277365547008
Bahamas: https://twitter.com/KawsachunNews/status/1535314412571090945
Barbados: https://twitter.com/KawsachunNews/status/1535311775696142346
Antigua and Barbuda: https://twitter.com/KawsachunNews/status/1535304771908907019
Besides being from the Caribbean, I wonder what other characteristic do they have in common that would cause them to sympathize with Cuba?
Cuba has helped them in the past and many Caribbean people go to medical school in Cuba.
"bUt ThEy'Re oN CUba's PaYroLL!!!"
Whenever another country defends one of the US' official enemies, this is always the line. But when a US vassal state says the same about the US, of course that's just sincere appreciation from a loyal ally..
It seems like Cuba's entire foreign policy most years is "We have doctors and we're here to help".
Very occasionally "we have troops and we're here to help end Apartheid"
That's really what it is. We've even taken in a few after Covid wrecked us and the reactionaries lost power because of their dumbassery. The libs aren't much better but they at least recognize Cuba as a regional power and work with them anyway.
always count on them moving right after getting elected. never count on them moving left.
after this guy and Castillo, can we stop hyping up the next 'left' south American politicians as the next coming of Chavez? I think the period of progressive social politics is dead unless theres another big people's movement
Most left-leaning Latin American presidents have been lib since the first pink wave. Chavez and Morales were the only standouts that I can think of. Most of the others quickly capitulated to the right or were moderate socdems at best.
Correa was pretty good even if he was a Socdem, he made a lot of progress helping the people of Ecuador
Forgot about him. Don't know wtf happened with his successor.
His successor was his VP and had the first name Lenin so you know his parents were leftists, I’m guessing the Americans bought him out somehow. Did a full 180 and invited the IMF back in, I was in Ecuador when the massive protests happened. Ended up with an approval rating of like 7%. Correa is still a popular political figure, the most popular probably but cannot run again due to lawfare shenanigans, he’s in Belgium because they’ll arrest him on fake charges if he goes back.
That is true. I think that a lot of people here (and in the left in general) have shifted towards South America for their fix of electoral politics since the one's in America and in the west are too alienating for us. Everybody is stuck in :vote:
There's definitely a shift in the Americas but it'll be a while before you see anything hard left. My own country is a mixed bag with my region turning from very pro-US to more lukewarm with a more nuanced take on China.
Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Venezuela still going strong electorally. Boric was well known about this before being elected. Petro from Colombia is the same. Still hoping Petro gets elected to see the US get a little flustered.
lol it's precisely because of this guy and Castillo that I can't get too excited about Gustavo Petro in Colombia
Anyone got a link with the speech of actual quotes with context?
Not doubting he said it bc he's outlined this position previously, just curious what he actually said because the article is pretty vague.
fucking Chileans think they're better than everybody anyway. They're like the Ticos of South America.
