Paz Zárate: "Clashes" Between Latin American Countries Will Become Everyday Occurrences

Paz Zárate, senior researcher at AthenaLab, stated on Cooperativa that the forceful incursion by Ecuador into the Mexican embassy has some historical precedents—it occurs in the world “a couple of times each decade”—but it is, nonetheless, an extraordinary event that “violates the most basic rule of international relations.”

The analyst warned that, in the current context of the proliferation of extreme left and extreme right governments, the “verbal clashes” and even actions like the aforementioned one, or the annexation of territory from Guyana by Venezuela; “which seem a bit over the line, will become more common, and one must be concerned.”

“It cannot be ruled out that foreign policy will be used to incite nationalism and, through that path, we may face very regrettable consequences,” including armed conflicts in a continent that has gone decades without wars: “Peace is not free; it is built and destroyed with gestures,” the expert warned.

April 8, 2024
Radio Cooperativa