The extraordinary movie "Bridge of Spies" directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, tells the story based on true events of a Russian spy captured in the United States in 1957 during the Cold War and his exchange on the border between the two Germanies. What is interesting about this story is that the lawyer James Donovan convinces the judge to change the spy's death penalty to a 30-year sentence, using the argument that the spy could be used as "insurance" against any eventuality that could happen in the future. This foresight helped the U.S. to recover the pilot of the U-2 spy plane shot down in the Soviet Union, through a prisoner exchange that was later successfully negotiated by attorney Donovan.
I wanted to recall that historical episode because the US forgot about that concept of "insurance" that lawyer Donovan used with the Russian spy, condemning Latin America by turning its back on us for many years, being us the most reliable partners they could have in the face of any problem they could face -and that they will surely continue to face- in the future. The clearest proof of that statement is presented when, despite the serious inconvenience that Colombia is experiencing with the massive migration from Venezuela, the U.S. requested the Colombian government to receive 4,000 refugees from Afghanistan. Hence, President Duque signed an agreement that will receive the migrants on a temporary basis (see in Spanish Cerca de 4.000 refugiados afganos llegarán a Colombia, confirmó el presidente Duque, in https://www.larepublica.co/globoeconomia/cerca-de-4000-refugiados-afganos-llegaran-a-colombia-confirmo-el-presidente-duque-3220258). And why is this? Because as we say in Venezuela, "when it's time for the small things" there is no other alternative but to reach out to those you consider your friends, even if they have problems.
Needless to say, a Latin America aligned to common interests with the United States is in the best interest of us all. However, that is not what we see in practice when we see the consistent advance of the enemies of the Western world in our Latin American lands, starting with Castro-Chavismo-Madurismo, which has financed for many years the destabilization of the continent with the money of Venezuelans.
What has been the concrete response of the U.S. governments, including that of Donald Trump? A diplomacy aimed at protecting their own interests and not those of the Hemisphere as a whole. How many times have we heard that the United States will not move in the Venezuelan case if it "does not affect their national security"? Then they need to start redefining their concept of "national security" beyond their own territory. And if they do not do so, then why ask the Colombians for help to relocate 4,000 Afghans who worked with them, in Colombian territory, even if they pay for it? If Venezuela were not in the orbit of Castro-Chavism-Socialist Madurism, they would have also asked us for that help and we would have given it for sure. At present, except for Colombia (and possibly Brazil), no country in Latin America is in a position to help the United States in this way.
So I think it is time for us all to be sincere. We should ask ourselves whether we are in the orbit of the way of life that the United States represents or not. And if there is going to be mutual aid in case of problems, we should all begin to act accordingly, starting with the United States. The natural allies of the United States are undoubtedly in the Americas. Remember the Monroe Doctrine and the creation of the American-initiated TIAR.
That "insurance" that balanced the scales with the Russians in the Cold War could be reissued with Latin America if the concept of "national security" of the United States is re-examined. It could be said that this U.S. "national security" would be at stake if Colombia falls into the hands of socialism like Venezuela, creating a perfect storm of terrorist destabilization together with drug trafficking in the continent where they are key players. Here we must take off our masks: after this aid from Colombia to the United States, will they allow the advance of the Sao Paulo Forum in Colombian territory as it happened in Venezuela? Or furthermore, will they allow the suffering of Venezuelans to be prolonged with a negotiation that will clearly strengthen the claws of socialism in the political body of the country, allowing this cancer to metastasize in Colombia?
Venezuelans have amply demonstrated that we want a fundamental change in the political management of the country. WE DO NOT WANT SOCIALISM which has brought death, famine, poverty, and the physical, moral and institutional destruction of our country. We have shown them with two Popular Consultations the clear mandate and self-determination of the Venezuelan people to change the political landscape of the country. The Americans do not need more proof of our democratic vocation. It is much easier for them than for us to adjust the ideological balance of the Hemisphere with the other powers that have specific interests in our region: Russia and China. If it is truly in their interest that the regime of Nicolás Maduro Moros ends and does not even begin a possible socialist regime in Colombia, they can begin to take the necessary steps to make it happen. In this way we would begin to build between North and South America a much stronger alliance, as a new "insurance", to face the challenges of the new "cold wars" of the future...
Caracas, August 25, 2021
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