[act-ma] 9/28 Summit of the "Americas" vs. CELAC: Whither the Monroe Doctrine @ 200?

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  Summit of the "Americas" vs. CELAC: Whither the Monroe Doctrine @ 200?

This panel discusses the opposing ideas provoking the clash between US 
hegemony and anti-US forces throughout the hemisphere.

This webinar will take place on Sunday*, 28 August 2022* at 10:00 AM – 
1:00 PM CDT

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*About this event*

Ever since US President James Monroe adumbrated his infamous Doctrine in 
1823, claiming the Western Hemisphere as the US’s ‘sphere of influence’, 
subordinated to US interests, the US has assailed the region’s autonomy, 
recently with much assistance from Canada. Barring upsets like the Cuban 
and Nicaraguan revolutions, the US appeared to be winning until the 21st 
century. However, the “pink tide” inspired by indomitable Cuba, that has 
since surged has tilted the balance of power against the US and Canada.

This tilt became glaringly obvious at the June 2022 Summit of the 
“Americas,” where the Biden administration was reduced to excluding 
socialist governments – Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela – and many 
countries spoke out against the US in one form or the other. The US’s 
indignity was further underlined when contrasted with the success of the 
September 2021 Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean 
States (CELAC) in Mexico, which involves all countries south of the Rio 
Grande. Not only did these countries move forward cooperation with each 
other on important matters, such as health, they are also increasingly 
collaborating with the capitalist world’s rival, socialist China, as 
exemplified by the virtual speech given by Chinese President Xi Jinping 
to the Mexico Summit. China’s economic attractions and respect for the 
region’s sovereignty and autonomy cannot be matched by the US and Canada.

*Speakers*

*Carlos Ron*was born in Caracas, Venezuela (1979), is Vice Minister of 
Foreign Relations for North America and currently serves athe President 
of the Simon Bolivar Institute for Peace and Solidarity Among Peoples. 
As a diplomat, he was Venezuela’s Chargé d’affaires to the United States 
of America (2017-2018), and he has represented Venezuela before the 
United States of America (2014-2018) and the Federative Republic of 
Brazil (2010-2014). He was an adviser at the Office of Presidential 
International Relations (2006-2010), Coordinator of the Research Program 
on Regional Integration and Multilateral Agreements at the Miranda 
International Center (2006). He graduated in Latin American Studies from 
Rutgers University, USA, and also has a postgraduate degree in 
International Relations from the University of Brasilia, Brazil.

*Camila Escalante *is the woman behind Kawsachun News, a media outlet 
based in Bolivia, and also known for her correspondent work reporting 
around Latin America. She is the editor of Kawsachun News and a Latin 
American Correspondent for Press TV. She co-hosts Latin America Review, 
a new weekly program/podcast where you can hear interviews with Latin 
American and Caribbean leaders and analysts in English. Camila’s family 
are FMLN revolutionary former combatants. She has previously been based 
in Quito, Havana and Caracas. She is currently based in La Paz and 
reporting on campesino movements across the continent.

*Laura Capote*is a Colombian social activist and journalist living in 
Argentina since 2013. She holds a degree in Communication Sciences from 
the University of Buenos Aires, and is currently pursuing a master's 
degree in International Relations at the National University of La 
Plata. She is responsible for the Secretariat of Political Formation of 
the Continental Articulation of Social and Popular Movements towards 
ALBA, and is a member of the Colombian Critical Thinking Group of the 
Institute of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of 
Buenos Aires. He is a member of the team of the Observatory of the Latin 
American and Caribbean Situation -OBSAL- of the Buenos Aires Office of 
the Institute.

*Arnold August*is a Montreal-based author of 3 books on US-Cuba-Latin 
America. As an award-winning journalist, he publishes in English, 
Spanish & French on several continents, collaborates with teleSur TV, 
Cuban TV, Press TV Iran and Socialist China. He is a Contributing Editor 
for The Canada Files, member of the International Manifesto Group, The 
General Gathering in Support of the Choice of Resistance 
(Palestine/Beirut), Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) Solidarity Network 
(US) and Central South University Human Rights Center Changsha (China).

*Benjamin Norton*is an independent journalist and editor of the 
anti-imperialist news outlet Multipolarista. He lives in Latin America.

*Elias Jabbour*is Associate Professor of Theory and Policy of Economic 
Planning at the Rio de Janeiro State University, and one of the most 
prestigious Latin American researchers on Chinese socialism. Member of 
Central Commitee of Communist Party of Brazil. He is author of many 
books on Chinese Market Socialism and economic reforms. Recently 
launched, with Alberto Gabriele, "China: the Socialism of the 21st 
Century" (Boitempo Editorial, 2021) and "Socialist Economic Development 
in the 21st Century" (Routledge, 2021)

*Austin Cole*is a member of the Black Alliance for Peace’s 
Haiti/Americas team. He currently studies as a graduate student at MIT.

*Moderator - Radhika Desai*is a Professor at the Department of Political 
Studies, and Director, Geopolitical Economy Research Group, University 
of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. She is the author of Geopolitical 
Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire (2013), Slouching 
Towards Ayodhya: From Congress to Hindutva in Indian Politics (2nd rev 
ed, 2004) and Intellectuals and Socialism: ‘Social Democrats’ and the 
Labour Party (1994), a New Statesman and Society Book of the Month, and 
editor or co-editor of Russia, Ukraine and Contemporary Imperialism, a 
special issue of International Critical Thought (2016), Theoretical 
Engagements in Geopolitical Economy (2015), Analytical Gains from 
Geopolitical Economy (2015), Revitalizing Marxist Theory for Today’s 
Capitalism (2010) and Developmental and Cultural Nationalisms (2009).

*Media Sponsors*:

Kawasachun News and The Canada Files.

*Sponsors*

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