Founded in 1990, in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union (USSR), as a buoy for the drifting Latin American left, the São Paulo Forum is perhaps one of the organizations most overrated in its capabilities and underestimated in its objectives .
This is the Forum’s greatest asset. The superpowers attributed to them serve as a script for the most fabulous conspiracy theories and for discrediting those who see the Forum as a threat. The Forum is so ubiquitous in criticism to the left on the continent that it is ridiculous. Absurdly caricature. Discredit is the perfect cover for Forum members to advance their plans.
In short: the Forum of São Paulo cannot do everything. Not involved in everything. But it can do a lot. And it does a lot.
This week, the Forum of São Paulo and its members celebrated the third edition of the Forum of Political Parties China-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). About 400 representatives of political organizations in Latin America attended the event in which the Chinese “clarified” points of the sixth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CCP). In general terms, a preaching for converts who see China as the source of support for their ideologies and who knows…
The São Paulo Forum was the star of the event. Most of the organizations represented are under the umbrella of the Forum. In her speech, the organization’s secretary general, PT member and former wife of Delúbio Soares, Mônica Valente, congratulated China for saving lives during the pandemic and spoke of an obtuse contribution “for building a society for a shared future, prompted by President Xi Jinping’s initiative”.
Last week, former president Dilma he said that “China represents a light in this situation of absolute decay and darkness that is traversed by Western societies”. A kind of epitaph for democracy sustained by admiration for a one-party regime that harasses, imprisons, and enslaves opponents.
Last weekend, a VOX MEP spoke at length in a Spaces Twitter session. For him, all the problems in Latin America and some in Spain, where he is from, originate in the Forum of São Paulo. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro also thinks that way. A lot of people think so.
But few people think that – with the exception of the five Brazilian parties, which are well-heeled, and associations tangled up in cocaine trafficking like the FARC in Colombia, the MAS in Bolivia and the PSUV in Venezuela – the majority of members they are undercapitalized groups that, without any kind of external help, have little or no capacity to act.
The power of the Forum of São Paulo is of base. And this has already been described by this column (here). They are experts at protesting, mobilizing local allies, creating instability and selling stability.
As a regional proxy, the São Paulo Forum is the perfect instrument. And everything indicates that China not only understood but is using it.
And this is the combination that matters. The Forum of São Paulo as an association is a joke. Seen as an association, the laughter that some people give when some say that the Forum seeks something similar to the grotesque belief in the Ursal are perfectly justifiable. Even those who see the Forum in a less crazy perspective forget to think that alone it is nothing.
Cuba, the great evil brain of the Forum, is nothing without someone to pay the bills. The parasitic regime from time to time jumps on a new host to bankroll its actions. It was the USSR, then Venezuela, Brazil and now it is China. Its tentacles, through the Forum, are instruments. They pave the way locally so whoever really matters can act.
Speaking of local operators…
As part of the same event, the Chinese regime’s state-owned communications company, CGTN, announced that it will make strong headway in Latin America. As they defined it, “an action to deepen their cooperation, join forces and increase consensus”.
Do you remember that CGTN signed terms of collaboration with TV Cultura of São Paulo, Band, Grupo Globo and EBC? So it is. They are not the only ones. In a statement, the state-owned company said they are more than 30 Latin American media organizations in cooperation with them in “a variety of projects, including online forums, co-productions, exhibitions and talk shows”.
In a video address, broadcast at the same event between the regime and the São Paulo Forum, the president of China Media Group (CMG), Shen Haixiong, celebrated the achievement and guaranteed that China “will fight for mutual development and broad exchange with the Latin American media”.
Cuba, Maduro, Foro de São Paulo and their gang are plays. Important, but pieces. From a much bigger and complex game. The elephant is passing in front of us, but we are frightened by the cracks in the nail of its left leg.
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source https://pledgetimes.com/sao-paulo-forum-goes-to-china-column-leonardo-coutinho/
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