AMLO AND THE CELAC
TRUE COLORS FLYING!
Back to the issue of Mexico and it’s leader, who seems to be heading in a direction the US is not concerned with. Have I been down this road before? Yes. Is some of what I’m about to say going to seem like, “old news”? Yes. Does that equate into, “nothing to worry about here”? Let me tell this story and you be the judge of what is important.
CELAC:
The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States. What is it? Sounds harmless right? Have you ever heard the acronym leading off the evening news? Probably not. I could write for hours on what the history of this group means to the US and the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean, but in order to save time, let me give you my typical, down and dirty. To the US and some of it’s allies, CELAC is a Communist, Socialist, Revolutionary based concept with one goal in mind; pushing the US influence out of the region. Who might support such a concept? I’ll get to that, but be thinking Dragons in the meantime. Okay, the counter viewpoint. To the social Revolutionaries of Latin America and the Caribbean, CELAC is an attempt to get out from under the thumb of the US. So, it sounds like the two viewpoints are not that far apart. Now, to be clear, not all the supporters of CELAC see the US as the enemy. Some see it as an opportunity to make economic gains, yet keep a Democratic, free market concept. To the US, this group of nations provide a real opportunity to influence what is taking place inside the minds of the CELAC movement. Is that a polite way of saying, “spies”, maybe. If someone is pushing the CELAC concept while DC believes it’s a threat to the US’s status in the region, you can bet the IC hears everything! By the way, CELAC advocates love to talk!
If you are asking yourself, “why did this issue of CELAC come up”, I’ll tell you. Who has taken on the revitalization of the CELAC movement as it’s Champion? Yep, AMLO!
Hugo and CELAC:
When the concept of CELAC fist got going, who was it’s biggest supporter? Hugo Chavez. When Chavez died, the movement seemed to slow dramatically. Besides losing Hugo as the Boss, CELAC suffered from the US countering the movement, as it had others in the past. Inroads were archived with several key nations in the region by the US and the energy behind CELAC slowed significantly.
Then, along comes the newest, “Revolutionary” in the region; AMLO. Hugo was seen as one of the Founding Fathers, but now, AMLO sees himself as the leader of the, “Big Brother” for Latin America and the Caribbean. ( See the link above for his statement about, Big Brother.
AMLO’s vision:
Here comes that, down that road before, issue I mentioned at the beginning. What happens when some of AMLO’s economic experts openly publish statement about him being bad for business in Mexico? https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/hostility-is-scaring-away-investment/
What is AMLO’s vision of Mexico’s future? Does he call himself a,”Revolutionary” just for the drama? AMLO taken up the Mantle of CELAC, yet the US President openly states they are good friends and he likes the guy; key word here, openly! AMLO appears to have caved to the issue of illegal immigration / Refugees, you pick, and the US’s concerns with Mexico’s lack of support. AMLO went along with the new trade agreement, USMCA and that made the US happy. Is that all the US is worried about? “Keep the flow of people into the US under some appearance of control, like the trade agreement we showed you and everything between us is okay”? AMLO is a smart cookie. His organized march on Mexico City after he lost the elections was a masterful operation. Here is the story of that lost through the eyes of Aljazeera.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/mexico-president-elect-amlo-lost-2006-elections-due-rigging-181005051815702.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/10/mexico-president-elect-amlo-lost-2006-elections-due-rigging-181005051815702.html
At face value, its appears the Mexican Revolutionary President is getting along with the Gringos in DC just fine.
Is AMLO playing the US? It’s a question I ask myself all the time. Let me give you an example of why this question keeps popping up in my head. Mexico appears to be addressing the issue of illegal migration / Refugees / you pick again. Mexico appears to address the immediate concerns of DC, but then what? The drug market is out of control in the US and lives are being lost not just in Mexico, but in the US and honestly, all over the world. What actions has AMLO taken to stem the tide of this drug world? What has he done to address the fact the cartels in Mexico have become Terrorist Organizations? Let me make this really ugly. Does he want to? Does he truly want the violence in Mexico to stop? Hugs? Is that it? Is that his plan? He says it is. Does he actually want the violence in Mexico to get worse? What does a true Revolution require.Social unrest and a collapsed economy, that’s what a revolution needs. He won’t stop the terrorist cartels. He has his own economic expert openly stating he is bad for economic growth. Does any of this worry you? Well, at least, now you know why I continue to ask myself, “ is AMLO playing the US”? If he sees Mexico as the, “Big Brother” of Latin America and the Caribbean and he now heads the CELAC organization, an organization that is designed to counter the US, then just what is his vision of Mexico’s future? At the beginning of this post, I asked you to keep the word, Dragon” on your mind. Let me tell you why I asked you to do so.
CELAC and China:
There is this thing called the CELAC and China Initiative. Just the title should set off alarm bells in DC, but who knows. The classic, BRI, Bridge and Road Initiative, is once again the doorway to China’s influence in a region. BRI, what many in the business world, mostly the Western Business World are revering to as a money trap. Is Beijing interested in the economic opportunities of Latin America? How could it not be? Is China interested in weakening the US’s status in the world? How could it not be? Is China’s interest in CELAC a two pronged approach? Yep, how could it not be? Who knows this? DC? Yes, at least you would think. If you are a true socialist Revolutionary, would not Communist China be a great place to build a relationship, especially when that potential partner has a ton of money they are eager to spend? Xi visited Latin America in 2014 and his government has been all over the region for the past decade. Is Beijing out to promote the status of the US in Latin America and the Caribbean? Just a few days ago, The Chines Embassador to Mexico made a public announcement stating China was putting 600 million dollars into AMLO’s pet project; a new oil refinery. Here is the problem, Mexico claimed they didn’t know anything about it. China playing Mexico to get at DC? Maybe. AMLO’s government, not wanting to admit, “outside” money for the project after tell the US, Mexico didn’t need any help? This is an interesting story. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-china-refinery/chinese-banks-providing-financing-for-mexican-refinery-ambassador-idUSKBN1ZC2FM
Where is AMLO taking Mexico and is it in a direction that is conducive to the US? Should he be worried about that statement? I can tell you what he better be worried about, and it is actually a two part statement. 1. He better pray the terrorist cartels don’t create an event on US soil that leads to true US anger. 2. He better be careful walking into the Dragon’s Lair. If he thinks the US has manipulated the region, he’s not seen anything yet.
Is AMLO playing the US? It’s a question I ask myself all the time. Let me give you an example of why this question keeps popping up in my head. Mexico appears to be addressing the issue of illegal migration / Refugees / you pick again. Mexico appears to address the immediate concerns of DC, but then what? The drug market is out of control in the US and lives are being lost not just in Mexico, but in the US and honestly, all over the world. What actions has AMLO taken to stem the tide of this drug world? What has he done to address the fact the cartels in Mexico have become Terrorist Organizations? Let me make this really ugly. Does he want to? Does he truly want the violence in Mexico to stop? Hugs? Is that it? Is that his plan? He says it is. Does he actually want the violence in Mexico to get worse? What does a true Revolution require.Social unrest and a collapsed economy, that’s what a revolution needs. He won’t stop the terrorist cartels. He has his own economic expert openly stating he is bad for economic growth. Does any of this worry you? Well, at least, now you know why I continue to ask myself, “ is AMLO playing the US”? If he sees Mexico as the, “Big Brother” of Latin America and the Caribbean and he now heads the CELAC organization, an organization that is designed to counter the US, then just what is his vision of Mexico’s future? At the beginning of this post, I asked you to keep the word, Dragon” on your mind. Let me tell you why I asked you to do so.
CELAC and China:
There is this thing called the CELAC and China Initiative. Just the title should set off alarm bells in DC, but who knows. The classic, BRI, Bridge and Road Initiative, is once again the doorway to China’s influence in a region. BRI, what many in the business world, mostly the Western Business World are revering to as a money trap. Is Beijing interested in the economic opportunities of Latin America? How could it not be? Is China interested in weakening the US’s status in the world? How could it not be? Is China’s interest in CELAC a two pronged approach? Yep, how could it not be? Who knows this? DC? Yes, at least you would think. If you are a true socialist Revolutionary, would not Communist China be a great place to build a relationship, especially when that potential partner has a ton of money they are eager to spend? Xi visited Latin America in 2014 and his government has been all over the region for the past decade. Is Beijing out to promote the status of the US in Latin America and the Caribbean? Just a few days ago, The Chines Embassador to Mexico made a public announcement stating China was putting 600 million dollars into AMLO’s pet project; a new oil refinery. Here is the problem, Mexico claimed they didn’t know anything about it. China playing Mexico to get at DC? Maybe. AMLO’s government, not wanting to admit, “outside” money for the project after tell the US, Mexico didn’t need any help? This is an interesting story. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-china-refinery/chinese-banks-providing-financing-for-mexican-refinery-ambassador-idUSKBN1ZC2FM
Where is AMLO taking Mexico and is it in a direction that is conducive to the US? Should he be worried about that statement? I can tell you what he better be worried about, and it is actually a two part statement. 1. He better pray the terrorist cartels don’t create an event on US soil that leads to true US anger. 2. He better be careful walking into the Dragon’s Lair. If he thinks the US has manipulated the region, he’s not seen anything yet.
