cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/42561777
By Belén Fernández Jan. 29
One would hope, then, that other countries – particularly the self-declared allies of Cuba – might step up to defend the island against US predations or at least credibly register their opposition to imperial impunity.
Instead, all Cuba has really gotten are some perfunctory professions of support – such as from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who, like her ostensibly leftist predecessor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has perfected the art of pretending to counter US machinations while doing exactly what the gringos want.
Following recent reports that Mexico had halted a scheduled oil shipment to Havana on account of US pressure, Sheinbaum has repeatedly insisted that the business of shipping oil is a “sovereign decision” and that Mexico remains “in solidarity” with Cuba.
The whole “global south” framing is suspect. It includes a large list of countries differentiated by level of democracy, economic development levels and geography/culture.
Even two countries seemingly from the same region and with somewhat similar levels of development; India and Nepal have a very different foreign policy and global economic outlook.
In general, there is a tendency to put the global south on the pedestal so to speak. This is incorrect both from a functional perspective (dumping a group countries together by an arbitrary measure) and that the leadership of said countries have different priorities. It’s not uncommon to see hypocritical approaches on things like imperialism and many of the said countries don’t support the current Cuban regime (a corrupt authoritarian dominated by oligarchy consistent of state insiders).
The “global South” is a stupid pipe dream of people with little to no grasp on reality. The term even lacks a clear definition, so it can be anything and everything.
