This week, the right-wing, racist President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, visited the White House in Washington, D.C. Donald Trump stood next to him at a podium and said that he'd like to see Brazil as a closer "military partner" - possibly even a NATO ally.
With Colombia now an official actor in NATO, this turns both Brazil and Colombia into aircraft bases for the U.S. war machine.
Make no mistake -- this expansion of the US commanded war machine into Latin America is a dagger aimed directly at both Venezuela and Cuba and all the gains of the past decades.
The ominous threat is very clear: the US is expanding NATO into Latin America in order to attack Venezuela. There is an immediate threat of military dictatorships again dominating the people of Latin America.
Once the United States has its hands on Venezuela and it's expansive oil wealth, gold, and 32 million people, this will signal U.S. hegemony and imperialism in a way it's never been able to do before. The United States will assume functional control over the vast majority of the world's oil. With its own ability to frack and poison inside the US, the price of oil - and the global economy - will become more volatile than ever before.
NATO has a huge role to play in this coming disaster. No matter its strength, Donald Trump will be at the wheel. Wall Street and the Pentagon are out of fresh ideas for profit. We need to be in the streets. NATO was created to stamp out economic and social justice. Destroying countries like Venezuela is just another day at the office for these warmongers.
But with all our strength, we are fighting back! From solidarity delegations to flash pickets and mass mobilizations, we are gaining momentum in our battle against war and racism!
Activists and peace-loving people from across the world are converging on Washington, D.C. this March 30th. We will meet in front of the White House that Saturday at 1pm to tell Donald Trump, his generals, and his financial crooks that the people of the world are sick of racist and imperialist institutions like NATO.