So, like, I haven't seen anyone talk about this on here at all. It makes me feel a bit insane since it's a topic that has been coming up every day in my personal life.
Brazil is in very real threat of being invaded by the United States.
Trump has been attempting to claim that our country has been overtaken by terrorist groups, and it's very likely he's going to use this as excuse to intervene like it has been done multiple times to other countries. Financial Times recently has published an article that shows a picture taken in 2019 and is trying to pass it off as current, and saying that Forrtaleza has been taken by drug gangs who having been killing en masse. They're trying to create propaganda against us so that they can come in and "save us", just like they "saved" Venezuela.
Yesterday, our Supreme Court allowed Trump's assessor to come visit ex-president Bolsonaro, who is currently imprisoned from having attempted a coup d'etat. Bolsonaro's son, Flavio, is going to run for president in this year's elections. Do you see where this is going?
We are surrounded by countries who have been making deals with the US in order to create a military coalition called "The Shield of the Americas", with the intent of "combating drug cartels and warding off out of hemisphere threats", very likely Russia and, especially, China. A lot of countries that border us are starting to allow the US military to roam freely and without inspection, such as Paraguay.
We don't know what exactly will happen, but it's very clear that the United States is trying to do something here. They're most definitely going to infere with our elections, and if Flavio Bolsonaro gets elected, our country will be handed to the US on a silver platter. He's very likely going to act as Trump's puppet. The far-right "patriots" of Brazil, such as him, have been very excited at the prospect of being run by the United States.
In 1964, we went through a military dictatorship that was backed by the United States, just like many other Latin American countries. It lasted until 1985. This is what we're looking at again. All of my friends are scared. I have been having trouble sleeping. We don't want to live in another dictatorship.
If Trump decides to attack us with military force, we don't have a chance. He's been promising to use military force against drug cartels ("terrorist groups"). Really, what he wants is the natural resources we have.
Recently there has been a book of "appreciation" of Brazil. Lots of Brazilian Miku going around, edits, aesthetic pictures, t-shirts... Now that we do actually need support, it's crickets. I haven't single a single person who is not Brazilian talk about this. What's with that?
It's not just Brazil either. All Latin American countries are being targeted by the US. Just like during the cold war, we are being treated as the USA's front porch. Trump has claimed that Cuba is a "question of time" and that the takeover might be "friendly or not".
Outside of LATAM, things have been even worse in West Asia, downright apocalyptic. The genocide of the Palestinian people, the constant bombardment of Iran, white phosphorus rain in Lebanon. All at the hands of the United States and Israel (who, let us not forget, is being actively funded by the US and would not have the resources to keep up the attacks without it).
I'm trying very hard to move on with my life, but this is sickening. As if we didn't already have our own internal problems to deal with.
Think of this the next time you ask yourself why we foreigners care about US politics. When YOU choose badly, everyone pays for it.
Just remember that we exist. We're more than just beach aesthetics.
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