Red Storm Rising Over Latin America

Red Storm Rising Over Latin America
by David T. Pyne, Esq., Columnist and Legal Analyst

October 7, 2002

Columnist David Pyne Note: This is Part 1 of a special two-part series on next week's presidential elections in Brazil.

With the Washington Times reporting earlier this week that the candidate of the Brazilian Workers' Party, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, best known simply as Lula is polling only one percentage point less than what he needs to win the first round of voting in the Brazilian presidential election on Sunday while a couple of far left candidates leading in the race for Argentina's presidential elections to be held next March, it appears that the Bush Administration's Latin America policy is about to be thrown for a loop. It appears that a new terrorist supporting "axis of evil" seeking to develop WMD and long range ballistic missiles is about to be established in America's backyard.

According to the latest poll, Lula leads his nearest opponent, Jose Serra, by a margin of 44% to 19% and virtually all observers agree that if he does not obtain a majority or exceed the voting percentage of all of his competitors when Brazilians go to the polls this Sunday when Brazilians go the polls this Sunday, he would probably beat any of his competitors by a comfortable margin in the second round of voting on October 27. In addition, polls show that he would beat any of his opponents by a comfortable margin in the second round of voting on October 27th if he did not succeed in winning a majority of votes cast in the first round. Lula is the leader of a Communist coalition consisting of both of Brazil's Communist parties. As yet, this author has been alone in reporting on Lula's strong internal Communist connections and the fact that he has enjoyed the strong support of both Brazilian Communist parties in all four presidential elections in which he has run including this one. This author lived in Brazil in 1989 when Lula came within a whisker of wining the Presidency and is accordingly intimately familiar with Lula and what a Lula victory would mean.

On Sept. 6, Lula said that his election would "change many things in the region, with repercussions in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Colombia." Lula has praised both Cuban President Fidel Castro and President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and has declared Chavez to be the model, which he intends to emulate when he wins the Presidency later this month. Chavez has aligned himself with Cuba, the PRC, Iran, Iraq and Libya and assorted other rogue states and provides $2 billion a year in oil subsidies to help support Castro in power in Cuba. Chavez repudiated the Venezuelan constitution and dissolved Congress shortly after he was elected to consolidate power. Hugo Chavez has called Lula "a great man," and predicts that "the left is going to win in Brazil. Changes are coming step by step on this continent. I think about it day and night." A Lula electoral victory in this month's Brazilian presidential elections is, "Fidel Castro's top political objective for 2002" in the words of Latin America analyst and former Reagan speechwriter Mark Klugmann.

Lula has expressed a desire to forge an alliance with Communist China if elected and strengthen military ties. He has expressed strong support for Marxist insurgents and terrorists throughout Latin America included the FARC narcoterrorists in Columbia fighting to take control over their respective nations though his Forum of Sao Paulo, which he founded with Fidel Castro over a decade ago. The Forum of Sao Paulo's ultimate objective is nothing less than the Communization of the entire Latin America continent, one country at a time. In December 2001 at a meeting of his Forum of Sao Paulo, Lula and his comrades proclaimed their united opposition to the US war on terrorism.

While campaigning for his Marxist comrade, Lula, in Brazil this past week, the Reverend Jesse Jackson hailed Lula as being inspired by the "same special spirit" as that which inspired African National Congress leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela. Indeed he is, for the ANC was and remains a Marxist terrorist organization that today rules the Republic of South Africa in open coalition with the South African Communist Party (SACP). In fact, Mandela's successor as South African President, Thabo Mbeki, is a member of the SACP. Just like Mandela, Lula is essentially Communist both in outlook and by the friends and associates he keeps, although not yet a card carrying member. Like Castro and Chavez, Lula will wait to formally declare himself a Communist once his permanent dictatorship and control over Brazil is assured. Argentina appears to be on the verge of electing a far-left candidate as President early next year as well. It is increasingly apparent that much of the region may well be in danger of falling like dominoes to the Communists beginning when Lula is elected President of Brazil later this month. The Bush Administration will have to act quickly and a lot more effectively then they have in regards to Brazil if it has any hopes of stemming the "Red" storm rising over Latin America. ***

Next up: Part 2 -- Re-implement the Monroe Doctrine to Counter the Imminent Takeover of Brazil by the Far Left

David T. Pyne, Esq. is a national security expert who serves as President of the Center for the National Security Interest, a pro-defense, national security think-tank located in Arlington, VA. He has served as an International Programs Manager in the Department of the Army responsible for the countries of the former Soviet Union and the Middle East among others and has traveled as a member of Department of Defense and Department of the Army-led delegations to Canada, South Africa, Israel, Brazil and Argentina. Mr. Pyne is a licensed attorney and former Army Reserve Officer. In addition, he holds an MA in National Security Studies from Georgetown University. Mr. Pyne also serves as Executive Vice President of the Virginia Republican Assembly. He is a member of the Center for Emerging National Security Affairs based in Washington, DC. Mr. Pyne serves as a columnist for American-Partisan.com , OpinioNet.net and America's Voices. He is also a regular contributor for Patriotist.com. In addition, his articles have appeared on Etherzone.com, Sierratimes.com, OriginalDissent.com and AmericanReformation.org where he serves as a national security policy analyst. He has been cited in the New American Magazine and was recently interviewed on Howard Phillips' Conservative Roundtable TV program.

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