In an article published in the Página 12 newspaper, the sociologist also warned that US interventionism had reached a scandalous level for which he considered a robust CELAC essential “to stop so much imperial arrogance”. Only concerted action between our nations will be able to prevent the brutal recolonization of Latin America and the Caribbean built on a radical and violent right promoted, advised and funded from Washington through multiple channels, he claimed.
He also recalled that 200 years ago, on December 2, 1823, James Monroe (1758-1831), the fifth President of the United States, in his annual address to the Congress of the Union, promulgated the doctrine that would bear his name the desire for expansionists and domination of empire
On the same day, but 188 years later, Celac was born, one of the most important strategic initiatives of our peoples and governments, he pointed out.
The founding idea of Hugo Chávez (1954-2013), Fidel Castro (1926-2016), Raúl Castro and the Latin American left in general was to make this body a real and effective alternative to the Organization of American States, which never deviated from being the US “colonial ministry,” he added.
Borón pointed out that the rise of regimes like that of Mauricio Macri in Argentina and that of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil had negative effects and suspended the mechanism in a kind of political limbo.
Another damaging factor is the renewed belligerence of US imperialism. Of the 33 states that make up Celac, there are at least 15 that are extremely vulnerable to Washington’s decisions on issues like remittances, he said.
Faced with the pressure and aggression of this power, such as the blockades against Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, the analyst insisted on the relevance of a collective action strategy, crucial to counter the troubled waters of the international scene.
Hopefully, the VII Heads of State and Government Summit (scheduled for Tuesday) will cement Celac as an authentic institution with its working teams, experts and researchers, he said.
In addition, he advocated the creation of a regional protocol for the rational and sparing use of natural resources and the creation of multinational public companies to manage commons.
In a world system in shock, with the United States furiously processing the inexorable weakening of its international appeal, the temptation to grab territory and wealth south of the Rio Grande becomes a passion as irresistible as it is insane, he warned.
“America for (North) Americans,” says the Monroe Doctrine. That’s why Celac is more necessary than ever. Hopefully the Buenos Aires summit can be remembered as the one that restored the original project that gave birth to it in 2011, he concluded.
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