I-Chile neColombia Zikhipha Imali Ngaphandle Kwezempi

NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, May 15, 2021

Yize isiphakamiso sokuthi kuqedwe ukulwa emhlabeni wonke ngesikhathi sodlame lwezifo senze okuphambene nokuqhubeka, kunezimpawu ezimbalwa zokuthi uphila kahle ekhanda ngisho nobushoshovu obuyimpumelelo. Nakuba iningi labantu abasebenzisa imali enkulu yezempi (okuhlanganisa ne-super-mega-bigst) liye lanyuka noma lagcina ukusebenzisa kwabo imali kungashintshi, i-SIPRI izinombolo khombisa ukwehla okukhulu ukusuka ku-2019 kuya ku-2020 ekusetshenzisweni kwezempi kweBrazil, kanye nokwehliswa kanye ne-China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Turkey (okuwukuphela kwelungu le-NATO eliphuma kulokhu), Singapore, Pakistan, Algeria, Indonesia , Colombia, Kuwait, kanye neChile.

I-Chile i ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwayo kwezempi ngama-4.9% ukuze kubhekwane kangcono nenkinga yezempilo. Ngithe “mancane,” kodwa amaphesenti amancane avame ukuba yimali eningi uma ukhuluma ngokusetshenziswa kwezempi.

Ngifakwe kulesi sihloko ngu Angelo Cardona, ilungu le World BEYOND WarIbhodi Lokweluleka, elingitshele nge-Chile nokuthi ubekwenzani ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwezempi Umlingani we-NATO iColombia. Ngo-2020, uCardona uthe, wahola umkhankaso weGlobal Campaign on Military Spending (GCOMS) eColombia. Njengengxenye yalowo mzamo, uhlongoze kanye namalungu angama-28 e-Colombian Congress ukuthi adlulisele i-1 billion pesos yaseColombia isuka kwezempi iye emkhakheni wezempilo. UMnyango Wezokuvikela waseColombia uvumile ukwenza u-10% walokho, ezihambayo 100 million pesos (noma $25 million). Lesi senzo, kubika uCardona, sigqugquzele Amalungu EPhalamende aseChile ukuthi enze okufanayo.

Ngomhla zingama-26 kuMbasa, 2021, uCardona uphinde wahlongoza ukuthutha ama-pesos ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1 ukusuka kwezempi kuya kwezempilo eColombia, futhi wahlongoza ngokuqondile ukuthi iColombia yenqabe ukuthenga izindiza zempi ezingama-24 ku-Lockheed Martin ngezindleko zama-pesos aseColombia ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-14 (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-4.5). “Kulokhu,” uyabika, “isicelo sami sasekelwa amalungu eCongress of Colombia angu-33.” Nansi incwadi abayithumele kuMongameli waseColombia (PDF). Kube nokusakazwa okukhulu kwabezindaba (ngeSpanishi): one, ezimbili, ezintathu, ezine.

NgoMeyi 4, 2021, phakathi nemibhikisho e-Colombia, uCardona wathintwa ihhovisi likaMongameli lamtshela ukuthi bazosithobela isicelo sakhe sokungazithengi izindiza zempi ezingu-24. Lezi zindaba ezinhle kakhulu kufanele zikhuthaze wonke umuntu uzama ukuvimbela iCanada kusukela ekuthengeni ama-monstrosities angama-88. Ungqongqoshe omusha wezeziMali, u-José Manuel Restrepo, wenza isimemezelo esidlangalaleni.

Akuzona nje lezi zindaba okufanele zigujwe futhi zisetshenziswe njengesibonelo kwezinye izindawo, kodwa abantu sebevele befuna ukuhlonipha labo abahilelekile. AmaPhalamende eChile naseColombia aqoke u-Angelo Cardona ukuthola uMklomelo Wokuthula KaNobel.

Ubushoshovu buyaqhubeka eColombia naseChile. Amaphoyisa ezempi eColombia abelokhu ehlasela ababhikishi ngohlelo lokususa umthwalo wentela kubantu abasebenzayo. Amasosha namaphoyisa, aze aqedwe, azohlala eyindawo esobala yokuthola izinsiza ezidingekayo.