A statement from the House of America entitled “Imperial Censorship Two Hundred Years After the Monroe Doctrine” denounces a new act of imperialist arrogance, this time directed against Telesur, Sputnik and Russia Today
Casa de las Américas reiterated its solidarity with TeleSUR and all those media that open cracks in individual thought.
Alpidio Alonso Grau, Minister of Culture of Cuba, expressed this Saturday his support for a statement by Casa de las Américas in support of the media Telesur, Sputnik and Russia Today, which have been the subject of recent attacks and disqualifications by Laura Richardson, head of the Southern Command, United States.
The statement “Imperial censorship two hundred years after the Monroe Doctrine” denounces a new act of imperialist arrogance, a shameful expression of the old colonial mentality from which the US government has not deviated, said Alonso Grau in his account on the social network X.
“We support the declaration of the House of America “Imperial Censorship Two Hundred Years After the Monroe Doctrine,” which denounces a new act of imperialist arrogance, a shameful expression of the old colonial mentality that the United States government has not renounced. » .
The American Richardson explained this Wednesday at an event organized by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies that these media, with more than 30 million followers, do not engage in justification or verification journalism, but rather spread disinformation.
Patricia Villegas, President of Telesur, responded in the context of reality.
He was of the view that these objectives are contrary to the interference of the aforementioned command, adding that no attempt to discredit Telesur will distance them from their path and commitment to building a region that will be made a great homeland , with a world with privileged space for the South.
This world that is being born is pluralistic, with a symphony of voices; “We are working on it, without rest or pause,” Villegas explained in another message on the social network.
In response to these allegations, Casa de las Américas released a statement on Friday expressing solidarity with Telesur “and all those media outlets that expose cracks in individual thought.”
The following Cuban news agency shares in its entirety the statement issued by Casa entitled “Imperial Censorship Two Hundred Years After the Monroe Doctrine.”
Statement from the House of America
A few months ago, the head of the United States Southern Command, General Laura Richardson, warned, in the best tradition of the Monroe Doctrine, of the danger of extrahemispheric countries appropriating Latin America’s natural resources. Without making a secret, he reminded his country’s House of Representatives that the region accumulates 60% of the world’s lithium and that it is worrying that it is in the hands of “our opponents.”
Now the general goes a step further by referring to the “conflict in the information sector” and attacking prestigious media such as the multinational TeleSUR and the Russian channels Sputnik and RT in Spanish, which, she acknowledges, have more than thirty million followers have . Although clearly concerned that they are successfully challenging the hegemony of major Western media outlets, the general disqualified their work on the grounds that they “spread disinformation and undermine the democracies of the hemisphere.” At the same time, it promises to fix this problem.
This is a well-known story. In the mid-1930s, his American compatriot General Smedley D. Butler claimed to have served with distinction in the army for three decades as a “gang member in the service of capitalism” in half the world, including Mexico, Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic and Honduras. He claimed he could have made some suggestions to Al Capone because if he was a gangster operating in three districts of one city, he himself would have been operating on three continents as a Marine.
Now this new gang wants to decide not only our natural resources, but also what media we can watch. Every time the United States announces that it will impose democracy, bludgeoning regime changes and the sowing of dictatorships occur.
From the House of America, our solidarity goes to TeleSUR and to all those media that open cracks in individual thought.
