Much to the consternation of the United States, there are large numbers of people on the Latin American left who are certain that U.S. forces on the ground in the ill-fated country of Haiti are up to no good. So what is their reasoning in making such a charge?
For the El Sol de Mexico, Miguel Angel Ferrer writes in part:
Now, however, under the pretext of “humanitarian aid,” the troops have taken direct control, and according to voices in the Pentagon, CIA and State Department hierarchies, they will remain there for a very long time to come.
The invasion and military occupation of Haiti, with the alleged goal of providing humanitarian assistance, serves two main purposes. The most obvious: to guarantee continuity, now with military force, for the exploitation of natural resources by the former colonizers of that Caribbean nation.
The second purpose is strategic and geopolitical. The prolonged military occupation of Haiti transforms the country into a military base on the Caribbean Sea, with the intent of completing the aggressive encirclement of Cuba and Venezuela.
A militarily occupied Haiti is the perfect complement to the recent resumption of operations by the U.S. Navy’s Fourth Fleet. It’s also the ideal accompaniment to the seven new U.S. military bases in Colombia, approved by the genocidal government of that country’s president, Alvaro Uribe.
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