Conditions causing Impoverishment, Pain, Debt, Displacement
U.S. Atrocities, Fallout, Responsibility
Despite cries and lies of a Central American “invasion”— this is not an
invasion from Central America but arguably an migration because of U.S.
invasion of Central of American countries.
There are ALWAYS preexisting conditions, prior happenings, driving forces, underlying causes inherent
in current events. But U.S. mass media and mendacious government
officials would rather deny and dissemble than own up to and take responsibility for
the wrongs of this America, the United States of America.There seems an absence of courage and humility necessary to amend the
ways and character of U.S. policy and to right the wrongs of the past and
present.
Some Causes Underlying Migration
Cole Kazdin reporting
t is impossible to view domestic immigration and immigration policy “without
examining the U.S. foreign policy roots of the current crisis.”
“Why don’t Central Americans just stay in their own countries?”
Because, for decades, the United States of America (its leadership) has
“put itself on the wrong side of” Central Americans’ “struggles.” The U.S. has stymied
the progress of Central Americans through a variety of tactics of interference
including invasion, corruption, regime change, displacement, offensive
occupation—all the while blaming and demeaning Central Americans for
failing to make unhampered progress; for not staying in their countries and bettering
their lives.
Some of the U.S. policy causes
U.S. CIA 1954:
“helped organize a military coup to
overthrow Guatemala’s democratically elected government, and continued to train
the Guatemalan military well into the 1970s.” Some “200,000” Guatemalans died,
hundreds of thousands were displaced” in a “36-year-long civil war
(1960-1996),” a reign of terror was intent on “destroying people’s vision of
the future.”
Richard Nixon-era (1971 - ): a drug war that “pushed
cartels from Colombia into an increasingly unstable and impoverished Central
America.” “Government-linked organized crime networks” rose “out of the
counterinsurgency experience of the 1980s.” Hundreds of thousands fled
“violence, massacres and political persecution that the United States was
funding directly or, at the very minimum, covering up and excusing” (Professor
Elizabeth Oglesby)
Cold War Reagan era: “Under the umbrella of the Cold War,”
the United States “amplified its presence in (Central America)…, especially El
Salvador.…” Ever since the Cold War, the United States has been “complicit in
creating rampant and bloody gang violence, dire poverty, displacement and
migration from El Salvador.”
he United States has been “complicit in the creation of the conditions
of forced migration” and given these historical acts and conditions, Xochitl
Sanchez told Kazdin, the United States of America “has a moral and social
responsibility to this (Central American) population of immigrants.”
IMF, World Bank, Debt, Fallout, Responsibility
Author of Optimizing America, Jarl Jensen writes:
“The United States’ habit of
interfering in the affairs of other countries remains a known fact around the
world. The rich history of the U.S. military and economic intervention in
Central America weakened the region, causing them to become dependent on the United
States.”
he constant interference of the
United States combined with the formation of the Bretton Woods Agreement, the
IMF, the World Bank and CAFTA-DR negatively influenced the economy of Central
America. Worsening the region’s economic condition was the ongoing interference
from their neighbor and the formation of the 2004 Dominican Republic — Central
America FTA (CAFTA-DR). All of this gave rise to drug cartels, violence,
corruption, and a failing economy.
The Bretton Woods Agreement is
the system for monetary and exchange rate management established on July 1,
1944, at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods,
New Hampshire. The agreement pegged currencies to the price of gold and
perceived the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency connected to the price of gold.
From the agreement, emerged
the IMF and the World Bank — two global institutions — thus fulfilling the aim
of the meeting to ensure a foreign exchange system, promote economic
development, and prevent competitive devaluations.
…When a country’s currency fell, other countries agreed to purchase
their money in foreign markets at fixed exchange rates between the US dollar
and their currency, thus preventing inflation and economic instability.
Third-world countries were unaware that “this agreement
paved the way for the United States to assume dominance over other nations, who
were asking for loans from the IMF and funds from the World Bank to rebuild
their country.”
hese conditions “led to an increase in illegal immigrants from Central
America flooding the United States.” Now there are consequences all round but the
United States is responsible for illegal immigrants from Central America
crossing the border.
“And instead of instating the ‘Zero-tolerance Policy’ on unauthorized
entry into the United States and detaining and separating parents and children
from each other,” the United States “needs to reflect on its history, the root
cause of refugee migration from Central America.…
Rewind the clock to see how (the United States of America) can make
these wrongs right.” Then “take steps to resolve the issue of illegal
immigrants from Central America coming to the United States to start their new
life.
he world would be better, safer and more humane if globalization meant
that all economies thrived and (were) not subjugated by debt.”
Sources
VICE “The Violence Central American Migrants Are Fleeing Was Stoked by
the US:
We’re still dealing with the aftermath of atrocities committed by US
allies in Central America during the Cold War.” Cole Kazdin June 28, 2018 https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qvnyzq/central-america-atrocities-caused-immigration-crisis
Cole Kazdin is a Los Angeles based writer.
Xochitl Sanchez is part of the Central American Resource Center
(CARECEN)
Dr. Elizabeth Oglesby is Associate Professor Latin American Studies faculty (University of Arizona) with an interdisciplinary background in Latin American Studies, Geography, and Sociology and previous experience working for non-governmental organizations in Central America. Her research interests include globalization and labor issues, human rights, and Central America, especially Guatemala https://las.arizona.edu/user/elizabeth-oglesby
Medium “The Real Cause of Illegal Immigrants from Central America” Jarl
Jensen August 6, 2018 https://medium.com/@jarljensensocial_76795/the-real-cause-of-illegal-immigrants-from-central-america-779954115311
Jarl Jensen is author of Optimizing America.
Wikipedia
The Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) was first founded in
Washington DC (1981) as a community-based organization seeking “to foster the
comprehensive development of the Latino community” in the Washington
metropolitan region; two years later it was established in Los Angeles,
California. “CARECEN provides direct services in immigration, housing and
citizenship while also promoting empowerment, civil rights advocacy and civic
training for Latinos.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America_Resource_Center
Jarl Jensen August 6, 2018 https://medium.com/@jarljensensocial_76795/the-real-cause-of-illegal-immigrants-from-central-america-779954115311
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