Latin
America and the Caribbean People's Forces in Action Fighting for Democracy and the Right to Be 
May 1, 2021. Banner in May Day demonstration in Bolivia stands with
Cuban people against
the U.S. blockade.
People around the world, even
in areas hardest
hit by the pandemic and its economic consequences as a result of the
gross irresponsibility of neo-liberal
governments, are not just continuing but escalating their fights for
rights on different fronts. Oppressed peoples in Latin America and the
Caribbean, an area with a combined population
approaching 659 million, stand second to none in this regard.
The heroism of the Cuban people stands out in this regard as
they
complete the trials for two vaccines. They have created these
through their own efforts even as they not only manage to sustain
themselves in the face of an ever more cruel U.S. blockade designed to
make them
surrender, but open new prospects for their independent stand in
defence
of the right to be. Their humanitarian internationalism stands in sharp
contrast to the imperialist bullying, threats and monopoly over the use
of force exercised by the United States only ninety miles away.
The fights being waged by the Haitian people stand out as
well, as
do those of the Colombian people who are rising in unprecedented
numbers to join a national strike taking place throughout the country
since April 28. Sharp political battles are being
waged by the working people and youth of these two countries, some
paying with their lives at the hands of official
police and military forces or criminal gangs and paid assassins used by
the ruling elite and their state to carry out a dirty war of terror
against the people's forces. The governments of
both Haiti and Colombia are known to work hand in
hand with and, in many cases, take their marching orders from the U.S.
embassies in their countries. The police
forces of both Haiti and Colombia have received training from Canadian
police. TML Monthly is providing
updates on these actions and those
of other peoples in the region fighting for peace, democracy and
justice and in defence of their sovereignty and
independence.
This article was published in
Volume 51 Number 5 - May 9, 2021
Article Link:
https://cpcml.ca/Tmlm2021/Articles/M5100517.HTM
Website: www.cpcml.ca
Email: editor@cpcml.ca
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