In Latin America, When People Said Yankee Go Home, Gone Those Days with The Wind When You Imposed Dictators Upon Us, Now We Elect Our Leaders, Great Come Back Lula da Silva, President Brazil

In Latin America, When People Said Yankee Go Home, Gone Those Days with The Wind When You Imposed Dictators Upon Us, Now We Elect Our Leaders, Great Come Back Lula da Silva, President Brazil

Mujeeb Khan

Lula da Silva: I want to clear my name to help rebuild Brazil's Trust in the government

  Democracy, political process, and economy are moving in the right direction in Latin America, the region of developing countries. There is political stability, democracy is getting stronger, and the economy is booming. After the end of the cold war, left-wing governments came to power in Latin America, which were fighting against American imperialism in the Cold War. Right-wing iron-fisted military dictators were America’s proxies’ rulers. Fifty years of the Cold War in Latin America killed many times more people than in World War II. It was not the cold war of the Latin people. It was a war to deprive them of freedom, to keep them behind in economic development. After the end of the Cold War, it was a reasonable consensus among the leaders of Latin America that no military rule would be supported in any country, and America will not be allowed to interfere in the internal politics of Latin countries. The governments of the Latin countries had decided to keep their natural resources under their control. Coffee, coca, and other minerals prices went up, before that, developed countries used to buy their natural resources cheaply. Venezuela was the fifth-largest oil-producing country and was ahead in economic development. While Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Panama, and some other countries made economic progress, poverty was also reduced. Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez provided financial support to Cuba. President Chavez was a Nationalist and Socialist. He did not like President George Bush, a strong critic of President Bush on the regime change attack in Iraq. Post-Cold War Venezuela was the first country in Latin America in which a CIA- assisted Venezuelan army general overthrew the government of President Hugo Chavez during the Bush-Cheney administration and had recognized immediately the military government. But the Organization of Latin Nations condemned the Bush administration’s decision. And demanded that the Hugo Chavez government be restored immediately. The military general that America had brought to power had to flee the country. President Hugo Chavez returned to his presidential palace. Latin American leaders rejected US intervention in their region. The US foreign policy establishment still has a Cold War mindset. And they believe that the governments in these countries are not in line with the interest of the United States, so they should be removed from power.

  The Trump administration once again tried to change the government in Venezuela. President Nicolas Maduro was the president. The plan was that President Trump declared Maduro’s opponent, Juan Guido, as the legitimate president of Venezuela. And invited Juan Guido to a meeting at the White House. While President Maduro said that he has been re-elected as president. The general impression about Guido was that the CIA was on his back. President Trump imposed economic sanctions on the Maduro government. Latin American countries did not follow President Trump’s decision, only a few right-wing governments of the Cold War era leaders supported Trump’s decision. Venezuela’s neighbor Colombia was among them. President Maduro broke diplomatic ties with Colombia. President Trump sent the fleet to Caracas to invade Venezuela and remove President Maduro from power. But Latin leaders strongly opposed any action against Venezuela. They jointly thwarted every US attempt to derail the political and democratic process in their region. Nicolas Maduro is still the president of Venezuela. Peace in Venezuela is the stability of the region and peace in the region is the stability of Venezuela. The people of Venezuela have faith in a better economic future. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited Latin countries last month to drum up support against China and Russia. Obviously, he failed in this goal. Latin leaders urged Secretary of State Blinken to lift the embargo on Cuba.

  America’s policymakers do not like leaders in developing countries who are honest, sincere to their people, and committed to their wellbeing, and the more corrupt the leader, the closer the US ally. Fidel Castro was very honest, sincere, and committed to his people. He had never stolen from the national treasury in his life. He had a 1956’s car was also official. Castro did not even have personal property. He lived a very simple life which was taught by Prophet Mohammad Salem. In Castro’s Cuba, doctors were like an industry. Cuban doctors used to go to African and Latin American countries to treat people in hospitals. Castro dedicated his life to the people and worked for the people till the end. He never extended a hand to anyone seventy years in America’s strict embargo, he kept its people alive with dignity.

  In Pakistan, Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s family has devoted their lives to Islam, but in Pakistan, no one has Islam in their life.