LONDON – The United States is experiencing a major economic crisis. So President Trump has talked about taking control of places like Greenland and the Panama Canal, threatened military action against oil-rich Venezuela, and even talked about annexing Canada.
This is because America’s financial crisis is so severe that its debt exceeds $38 trillion. Therefore, they seek to control new resource-rich lands and new investments.
This is the nature of capitalism, when it reaches its limits within a certain range, it starts thinking about expansion to strengthen the capitalist system. We are not satisfied with financial control over the global financial system. It requires land and new investment.
Some countries that say “no” and want freedom and sovereignty over their own wealth are hated by President Trump and his administration. The same is true for Iran and other countries that oppose Washington’s control and interference in areas of strategic importance to Western interests, such as West Asia.
The same situation applies to northern South America, which is not loyal to the United States and opposes American control over resources and politics. The US wants to change the system and subjugate it.
This requires certain excuses and justifications. For example, drug trafficking is widespread in South America (particularly in Colombia). Since the Colombian and Venezuelan governments disagree with the United States, President Trump has used the drug trafficking issue and its impact on Americans as a pretext for intervention. His goal isn’t really to fight drugs, nor is it convincing. Using the pretext of eradicating drugs to justify an invasion of another country is not recognized under international law.
The drug problem belongs to the country itself, and it is the country’s responsibility to fight drugs within its borders. Infringing on the sovereignty of other countries in the name of eradicating drugs is not justified under international law. This is a weak and flimsy excuse for political intervention. When the United States wants to intervene, it always has to find some kind of justification, even a weak one.
Its real hostility is directed toward the Maduro regime in Venezuela, Petro in Colombia, and the Cuban government. This is because the United States considers them to be its “backyard.” These are resource-rich countries, but their political systems are not in harmony with the United States.
So the main purpose is political. For example, Venezuela, which is under extreme pressure from the United States with threats of military action, is rich in minerals such as gold, iron and diamonds, as well as oil and natural gas.
These countries are experiencing revolutions and left-wing governments are opposing US rule and control.
The American system of capitalist hegemony makes countries and peoples dependent and prevents them from developing and managing their own affairs. As a result, the region, like other regions under foreign rule and colonial influence, remains underdeveloped.