Na Brent Patterson, PBI Kanada,'Aukake 1, 2023
I ke koho balota o ka makahiki i hala ma Kolombia, ua moho pelekikena ʻo Gustavo Petro 'ōlelo hoʻopōmaikaʻi: "ʻAʻole au e hoʻopau i nā kumuwaiwai no nā mea kaua a me nā pōkā."
I hoʻokahi makahiki wale nō ma hope mai, ʻo ka Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), ka lima ʻaelike aupuni-i-aupuni (G2G) o Canada, hai mai la he aelike CAD $418-miliona e kūʻai aku i 55 Light Armored Vehicles (LAVs) i ka Colombian Ministry of National Defence.
He aha i hana ai?
ʻAʻole maopopo.
Me he mea lā ua hoʻoikaika ʻo General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLS-C) a me CCC i kēia kūʻai.
I Ianuali, Tecnologia & Defesa hoike ʻO GDLS-Kanada ua "lobbying i nā luna a me nā senator no nā makahiki ʻelua" ma kēia kūʻai. Pucará Defensa kekahi hoike "Ua hahai a nānā ke aupuni Kanada i kēia kaʻina hana, kākoʻo pū ʻia ma o ka Canadian Commercial Corporation..."
E hoʻolako ʻia nā LAV me ka ʻōnaehana mea kaua mamao
Ke hōʻike ʻia nei hoʻi nā LAV e lako me "He kahua kaua mamao o ka Rafael Advanced Defence Systems RWS [remote weapon system] Dual Samson type, e hoʻohana ana i kahi pūkuniahi 30x113mm Orbital ATK type a me kahi pū mīkini Browning M2A2 QCB COAX 12.7x99 mm."
E makemake i kēia koi ʻia ke kūʻai ʻana i nā pōkā 26,000 30mm.
ʻO kēia ʻōnaehana mea kaua mamao e hoolakoia e ʻO ka hui mea kaua Israel Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
Hoʻokomo ʻia nā LAV ma ka ʻoihana ʻōiwi
Infodefensa.com hoike: "ʻO ka pahuhopu o kēia papahana [kūʻai i nā LAVs] ʻo ia ka hiki ke hoʻoikaika i ka hana a me ka neʻe ʻana o ka pūʻali koa (ka lawe ʻana i nā pūʻali koa) o ka pūʻali koa, ʻo ia hoʻi ma ke keʻena palena o La Guajira a i loko o ke kaʻina hana hou a me ka hana hou ʻana o kāna. ʻO nā kaʻa kaua lio e holomua ana kēia pūʻali a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā kaʻa Textron M1117 a me ka hoihoi i ka pahu kaua nui GDLS M1A2.
Photo: GDLS M1A2 pahu kaua.
Photo: Textron M1117 kaʻa kaua.
ʻO ka hapa nui o ka heluna kanaka o La Guajira, kahi i manaʻo ʻia e kau ʻia nā LAV, he poʻe ʻōiwi, me ka Wayuu i ʻike ma mua o 30 mau makahiki o ka eli lanahu e hoʻohaumia ana i ko lākou mau muliwai a me ka wai inu.
ʻO ka lua lanahu hāmama ʻo El Cerrejon ma La Guajira e hoʻopau ana i 30 miliona lita o ka wai i ka lā e hāʻawi pololei i ka immiseration o ka Wayuu.
Nui nā hui ma Kanada e komo pū ana me ka Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network a me MiningWatch Canada i ka nānā ʻana i ke kūʻai ʻana o NB (New Brunswick) Power ma kahi o 500,000 tonnes o ka lanahu mai Cerrejón mai ka waena o 1990s. Lawe mai ʻo Nova Scotia Power i ka lanahu mai Cerrejón.
ʻOiai he nui ka poʻe, me ka PBI-Colombia i hele pū me José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers' Collective (CCAJAR), i kāhea aku i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana a i ʻole ka pani ʻana o ka maina, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena Petro. hoohiki i kona kue ana i ka hoonui ana i ka maina.
Wahi a GDLS, kōkua ke kūʻai aku i ke kuʻikahi me nā ʻōiwi
ʻO ka mea nui, a he mea kupanaha, ua loaʻa iā General Dynamics ʻikeʻia: "E kōkua kēia ʻaelike G2G hou me CCC iā GDLS-Kanada e hoʻomau i ka hana ʻana i ka home a kōkua i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā kulekele lehulehu o Kanada, me ka hana koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻokele waiwai me nā ʻōiwi."
E pili ana paha kēia i nā manawa hana no ka poʻe ʻōiwi ma ka hale kanu GDLS ma Lākana, Ontario, ma mua o ka poʻe ʻōiwi o Colombia.
E hoʻomau mākou i ka hahai ʻana i kēia kūʻai aku e pili ana i nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka militarization o ka ʻāina, ka extrativism mining coal, ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana i ka wai, ka lobbying a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka hoʻolimalima koa ma luna o nā pono pilikanaka.
