Africa
Freedom was the word of the day. As America collapsed and Europe
experienced massive social upheaval, foreign influence on African countries
declined sharply. Many of them took the opportunity to void their debt
obligations, claiming that the entire system, always an unjust one, was braking
down. This was the light side to the freedom of 2013 to 2015.
The dark side to freedom from outside influence was the tendency
of tribal wars to erupt. Because many of the countries had artificial colonial boarders,
that never sat well with the locals, wars had raged on and off since the 1990s.
But with the sudden absence of the UN and other interference a great deal of
old scores were up for settlement. Some of the bloodiest events of the decade
happened in those two years, but they went largely unnoticed by the rest of the
world.
South America
As the USA
collapsed and Europe experienced massive
social upheaval, many South American nations took the opportunity to void their
debt obligations, claiming that the entire system, always an unjust one, was
braking down. But unlike Africa, which descended into internal conflicts, Latin America launched a Union movement.
From 2013 to 2015 there were intensive talks to form OLAS “Organization
of Latin American States” which had a prime goal of protecting member nations
from outside abuses, like IMF and corporate domination. Of course not every country wanted in on the
deal, and a few in Central America who did
want in were not very welcome.
The Panama
Canal Conflict
In mid 2013 as Panama signed onto OLAS, a multi-national
force ( including American, Australian, European, troops ) attacked to secure
control of the canal. They resisted several attempts by the enthusiastic but
disorganized forces of Brazil
and Argentina
to recapture the canal. But eventually, late in 2015, the OLAS had its victory.
End of Section 03
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