Wolemba Brent Patterson, PBI Canada, August 1, 2023
Pa chisankho cha chaka chatha ku Colombia, woyimira pulezidenti Gustavo Petro analonjezedwa: "Sindiwononga chuma pa zida ndi mabomba."
Patangotha chaka chimodzi, bungwe la Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), boma la Canada-to-government (G2G) lochita nawo mgwirizano, analengeza mgwirizano wa CAD $418-miliyoni wogulitsa Magalimoto Onyamula Zida 55 (LAVs) ku Unduna wa Chitetezo cha Dziko ku Colombia.
Chinachitika ndi chiyani?
Sizikudziwika.
Zikuwoneka kuti General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLS-C) ndi CCC adakankhira kuti kugulitsaku kuchitike.
Mu Januwale, Tecnologia & Defesa inanena GDLS-Canada "yakhala ikukopa akuluakulu ndi maseneta kwa zaka zopitilira ziwiri" pakugulitsa uku. Pucará Defensa komanso inanena "Boma la Canada latsata ndikuwunika izi, ndikuchirikiza kudzera ku Canadian Commercial Corporation ..."
Ma LAV azikhala ndi zida zakutali
Zimanenedwanso kuti ma LAV adzakhala okonzeka ndi "malo opangira zida zakutali a Rafael Advanced Defense Systems RWS [zida zakutali] zamtundu wa Dual Samson, zomwe zidzagwiritsa ntchito cannon yamtundu wa 30x113mm Orbital ATK ndi mfuti yamakina Browning M2A2 QCB COAX 12.7 × 99 mm."
Izi zidzachitanso akuti amafunikira kugula kwa zipolopolo za 26,000 30mm.
Izi zida zakutali zidzaperekedwa ndi kampani yankhondo yaku Israeli ya Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd.
Ma LAV akuyenera kutumizidwa m'madipatimenti ambiri a Indigenous
Infodefensa.com malipoti: "Cholinga cha polojekitiyi [kugula ma LAV] ndikuthandizira kulimbikitsa mphamvu zogwirira ntchito ndi kuyenda (zotengera za asitikali) zankhondo, makamaka ku dipatimenti yamalire a La Guajira komanso mkati mwa kukonzanso ndi kukonzanso zida zake. okwera pamahatchi omwe gululi likupita patsogolo ndikuphatikizanso kuphatikizidwa kwa magalimoto a Textron M1117 komanso chidwi cha tanki yayikulu ya GDLS M1A2. "
Photo: thanki yankhondo ya GDLS M1A2.
Photo: Galimoto yokhala ndi zida za Textron M1117.
Ambiri mwa anthu a ku La Guajira, kumene ma LAV akuyembekezeka kutumizidwa, ndi Amwenye, kuphatikizapo Awayuu amene akhala akukumba migodi ya malasha kwa zaka zoposa 30 akuipitsa mitsinje ndi madzi akumwa.
Mgodi wa malasha wa El Cerrejon ku La Guajira womwe umagwiritsa ntchito malita 30 miliyoni amadzi patsiku umathandizira mwachindunji kuti ma Wayuu awonongeke.
Magulu ambiri ku Canada kuphatikiza Atlantic Regional Solidarity Network ndi MiningWatch Canada nawonso apereka chidwi ku mfundo yakuti NB (New Brunswick) Power yakhala ikugula pafupifupi matani 500,000 a malasha kuchokera ku Cerrejón kuyambira pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1990. Nova Scotia Power imatumizanso malasha kuchokera ku Cerrejón.
Pomwe ambiri, kuphatikiza a PBI-Colombia adatsagana ndi José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers' Collective (CCAJAR), apempha kuti kuyimitsidwa kapena kutsekedwa kwa mgodi, Purezidenti Petro wanena. adalonjeza kutsutsa kwake mpaka kukula kwa mgodi.
GDLS imati kugulitsa kumathandizira kuyanjanitsa ndi Amwenye
Makamaka, komanso modabwitsa, General Dynamics ali nayo zowunikira: "Mgwirizano watsopano wa G2G ndi CCC uthandiza GDLS-Canada kuti ipititse patsogolo ntchito zapakhomo ndikuthandizira kukwaniritsa zofunika kwambiri pazandale ku Canada, kuphatikiza ntchito yofunika yoyanjanitsa zachuma ndi Amwenye."
Izi mwina zikunena za mwayi wantchito kwa anthu amtundu wawo ku fakitale ya GDLS ku London, Ontario, osati anthu amtundu waku Colombia.
Tidzapitiriza kutsatira malondawa makamaka pokhudzana ndi nkhawa zokhudzana ndi nkhondo za madera, migodi ya malasha, kugwiritsa ntchito madzi molakwika, kukakamiza anthu komanso kuika patsogolo ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pamagulu pamagulu a anthu.
