In this post
we continue with the problem of how imperialism is doing and undoing in our
countries, with the service of its lackeys; how our countries are governed by
elements that are absolutely lacking in sense and national spirit, a herd that,
like Petro of Colombia and Mulino of Panama, are the prototype of pro-Yankee
lackeys of the present. These, like their Latin American peers, have the
problem of their character as unbridled and careerist lackeys, bureaucrats and
technocrats that Yankee imperialism has engendered in particular.
It is our
responsibility to unmask, denounce and brand the greatest imperialist
domination, mainly Yankee, its most unbridled aggression against our countries,
the greatest surrender of the representatives of the big bourgeoisie, the landowners
and their opportunist and revisionist servants. All of the above is to stir up
the national spirit to serve the reconstruction of the Communist Party to
initiate and develop the people's war, to carry out the new democratic
revolution and sweep away imperialism, bureaucratic capitalism and
semi-feudalism. Yankee imperialism is the main imperialism that dominates us,
which does not mean that there is also penetration of other imperialisms,
contradictions between imperialists; but, that does not take away from the
monstrous shackles and subjection that we are seeing mainly of Yankee
imperialism. This is the great puppeteer as the only hegemonic imperialist
superpower, the great gendarme that is Yankee imperialism and the main enemy of
the peoples of the world, it controls its semi-colonies from behind the scenes
and in the last decades not even in this way but with its presence and even
arrogance, it is enough to look at the latest events that we are denouncing. In
the previous post on the international situation on Monday we published, in its
final part, a report from an imperialist institute that shows the basis of this
primacy in imperialist domination and that the imperialists of the European
Union alliance are the main contenders of Yankee imperialism in the export of
capital and weapons.
The
governments of the States in Latin America, as in the case of Colombia, Panama,
Peru, Brazil, etc., are headed by representatives of the big bourgeoisie,
either of its bureaucratic fraction or of the comprador, in the case of
Colombia with a government of its bureaucratic faction and in that of Panama by
one of the comprador; because it is the big bourgeoisie that directs the
landowning-bureaucratic dictatorship, at the service of imperialism, mainly
Yankee. These governments, independently of their class origin, the Executive
and its president are representatives of the lackey big bourgeoisie for the
interests and program that they defend. They represent the organized interest,
that of the exploiting class, of the ruling class, of the big bourgeoisie in
particular, which is the one that controls the State, which is the one that
executes its policy through the State and applies it to the whole of society.
The Executive is the very core of the State, it is the highest expression of
the reactionary nature of the Old State in Colombia, in Latin America.
Now, let's
get to the topic of this post. In this post we briefly report the news about
the submission of the Panamanian government to the dictates of Yankee
imperialism and then an opinion commentary that appeared in the reactionary
newspaper La República with our comments. Let's read
1.- Panama
will audit agreement with China and leans towards the United States
After his
meeting with Marco Rubio, Mulino confirmed that Panama will not renew the
Memorandum of Understanding with China signed in 2017, through which the
country joined the Belt and Road initiative, and called on American companies
to fill the space in the investments that the country needs. EFE, February 2, 2025
Time:
In a
high-profile meeting this Sunday, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino and US
Secretary of State Marco Rubio addressed relevant issues such as migration, the
Chinese presence in the Panama Canal and the reorientation of commercial
alliances.
Mulino
confirmed that he offered the United States the use of an air base in Darien —a
border region with Colombia and the epicenter of the migratory flow— to
facilitate the repatriation of migrants intercepted in U.S. territory. “From
there, those who the U.S. takes out of its territory can be repatriated,” he
said, in what could be interpreted as a scheme similar to that of a “safe third
country.” The proposal, however, did not include details about deadlines or
signed agreements.
Panamanians
on third day of protests against Trump’s expansionist ambitions
The
president announced an audit of the ports managed by the subsidiary of
Hutchinson Ports —a company with Chinese capital— in the Panama Canal. “Now I
do not have the elements to make a decision,” admitted Mulino, although he
acknowledged that reviewing these concessions was a central issue in the
meeting with Rubio. Mulino confirmed that Panama will not renew the Memorandum
of Understanding with China signed in 2017, through which the country joined the
Belt and Road initiative. Instead, he called on American companies to
"fill the investment gap that the country needs." This shift marks a
distancing from Beijing and a rapprochement with Washington, at a time of
growing rivalry in the region.
(…) amid
President Donald Trump's claims to regain control over the Panama Canal, both
the offer of the base in Darien and the trade shift toward the United States
reflect a new Panamanian stance on diplomatic relations.
2.- Following
this introduction, read the article, They take away the Chinese from the
neighbor, by Mirko Lauer, from the reactionary newspaper La República of Peru, February 4, 2025,
writer of a reactionary newspaper, which allows us to appreciate the way in
which the latest events in Latin America are reflected in the heads of some of
them.
We say that
Yankee imperialism is emboldened, it is increasingly arrogant in its direct
attack on national sovereignty. Imperialism is indifferent to international
norms and institutions, when it suits its interests it uses them, when not, it
sets them aside and flagrantly violates them; Today, it arrogates the open
right to ignore and violate them by practicing war of aggression, intervention,
intimidation, threats and blackmail for its unbridled aggression against the
sovereignty of oppressed nations, as demonstrated by the war of aggression and
occupation in the Greater Middle East (Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, etc.) and the
measures of deportation, the disregard of trade treaties and the sending of its
"imperial envoys" to Venezuela, Mexico, Panama, etc., subjecting our
countries to the service of the lackeys of the region to a variant of the
"restricted sovereignty" of the revisionist Brezhnev.
As Chairman
Gonzalo has already pointed out: Everything is showing that the usual means,
mainly the military ones used until now, are insufficient to impose and
maintain their domination; Thus, they apply and will apply more and more brutal
forms of denial of national sovereignty and the most criminal and devastating means
of war to oppress the nations and peoples of the world and to curb the
revolution." Let's read the note:
"They take away what is Chinese from the neighbor By Mirko Lauer
The softness with which most Latin American
governments have accepted what happened in Panama is a warning. Trump will
advance faster and more thoroughly where he finds less resistance.
For the
country of the megaport of Chancay and the enormous Chinese presence, what is
happening in Panama is of maximum interest. The meeting of Foreign Minister
Marco Rubio with the Panamanian government was aimed at demanding “immediate
changes” in the influence of China, via its companies, in the canal. President
José Raúl Mulino has quickly set to work.
The
question here was not whether Donald Trump's accusations were true or whether
China had too much influence in the canal. The most important thing for us in
Peru is the Rubio style: landing, stalling and achieving an express submission
worthy of Gustavo Petro. In the process, Mulino has inflicted a humiliation on
Beijing.”
We comment: As it really is, as we denounced in our
previous post on Latin America, Petro as a representative of the Colombian big
bourgeoisie, mainly a lackey of Yankee imperialism, has capitulated by allowing
the violation of the national sovereignty of his country, submitting to the
intimidation, blackmail and threats of Yankee imperialism in the case of
deportations, showing that he is an unbridled and upstart lackey, so much so
that he has become the prototype and model to follow for all the lackeys in the
region, which the reactionary columnist faithfully portrays: “an express
submission worthy of Gustavo Petro.” And, then he warns of what can happen in
Peru with Chinese interests if “Trump’s mood” leans that way. Let’s continue
with the article:
“Without a
doubt, all of Latin America, especially the intermediate or small countries,
has followed what happened in Panama with their eyes wide open. But in Peru,
Chancay is an emblematic point of the growing Chinese influence in the region.
What has so far been a source of pride could become a liability, an asset
subject to the vagaries of Trump's mood.
Regarding
the canal itself, if Chinese companies are banned from managing it, who will
take over? The answer seems obvious and will not be long in coming, since
Panama has always delegated this task. So we are facing something more than a
trade war. One question in the air: would Peru have the capacity to manage its
own megaport?
The online
analyst Arnaud Bertrand believes that Washington is withdrawing from its
historical role as number one country, that is, letting go of power and
assuming a negotiating position with its allies, whom it now sees as competitors.
This is not what we are seeing in Panama, where Rubio seems to have decreed
that there are no nationally neutral companies.
However,
after what happened with Canada and Mexico, and the dialogue with Denmark or
Panama, the United States does not seem to be in the process of retreating, but
rather of showing the world its voracious fangs. Rubio has the right style for
this and for turning Washington's diplomacy into a global battlefield. The
softness with which most Latin American governments have accepted what happened
in Panama is a warning. Trump will move faster and deeper where he encounters
less resistance.”