This Week on GRadio
by C.L. Cook - GRadio.Substack.com
The fourth EU-CELAC summit convened in Colombia over the weekend, bringing together again leaders of European Union nations with member states of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. Top of the agenda for some of CELAC is the ongoing militarization of the region by the United States, and its flagrant violation of international law.
Addressing the opening session, summit co-chair, President Gustavo Petro of Colombia, himself a target of U.S. press attacks, appealed for an EU-CELAC bulwark against “barbarism” saying, “Sovereignty and multilateralism must be respected above any kind of authoritarian or imperial criteria.” Laudable sentiments, but scant comfort for those nations long blockaded, and now under the Damoclean guns of the region’s rogue power.
Ricardo Vaz is a journalist, political analyst and contributor with the communication collectives Tatuy Tv and Utopix. His articles appear regularly at Venezuelanalysis, and his latest there is, ‘CELAC-EU Summit Urges Peace as Venezuela’s Maduro Warns of Caribbean War Threats’.
Ricardo Vaz in the first half.
And; it would be unfair to lay blame for U.S. belligerence on the current White House occupant alone, but there is something special about Trump’s interpretation of America’s place in the World, as revealed in a speech delivered to The National War College last week by newly titled Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth.
In that address, Hegseth informed his audience of war aficionados and adjacent profiteers, “We are pivoting the Pentagon and our industrial base to a wartime footing.” Adding, “Today the defense acquisitions system is dead. It’s now the ‘Warfighting Acquisitions System’.” That may play well in certain domestic quarters, but how is America’s new self-understanding perceived abroad, and what could it mean for those upon whom American power is projected?
Nury Vittachi is a Hong Kong-based writer, educator, author of more than 50 books - including novels, non-fiction, and novels for children - and he serves as Chief Judge of The Hong Kong Youth Writers Awards. Nury’s past includes writing for the South China Morning Post, Far Eastern Economic Review, and Western mainstream others in print and television. Nury now serves at the helm of Hong Kong’s, ‘Friday’ news project, and his videos can be found on Youtube at FridayEveryday.
Nury Vittachi and celebrating cultural diversity, while promoting peace and insightful stories in a good-humoured, positive way in the second half.
But first, Ricardo Vaz watching America’s approach from Venezuela.
Artist: David Rovics/ Ai Tsono
Song: ‘Amazon’s Robot Army’
‘Watching the World Burn’
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, broad/webcasting since 1999. Check out the Archive at GRadio.Substack.com, and the GR blog at: https://gorillaradioblog.blogspot.com/and on Telegram at: https://t.me/gorillaradio2024
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