
Is non-alignment possible for Latin America?
Last January, Commander of US Southern Command General Laura Richardson explained that the Argentinian, Brazilian, Colombian and Chilean governments rejected a US offer. That offer: if they donated their ageing military equipment, some made in Russia and Germany, to Ukraine, Washington would replace it with superior American weaponry.
This rejection together with Brazilian president Lula da Silva’s peace proposal for Ukraine that he announced last January illustrates how Latin America as a region is looking for a non-aligned position. Their effort will likely be a growing source of frustration for governments in the US and Europe.
Can Latin America and the Caribbean negotiate equidistance with the United States and China that allows governments to build a foreign policy that serves its interests in the midst of a growing ‘new Cold War’ climate that threatens again to polarize global alliances?… Seguir leyendo »