{"id":14977,"date":"2026-11-09T14:59:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T17:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipa-aip.org\/?post_type=statement&p=14977"},"modified":"2026-11-09T17:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T20:08:28","slug":"trumps-defeat-and-the-crack-it-opens-for-our-america","status":"publish","type":"statement","link":"https:\/\/ipa-aip.org\/ar\/statement\/trumps-defeat-and-the-crack-it-opens-for-our-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Defeat and the Crack It Opens for Our America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 5, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On November 3, 2026, the people of the United States dealt Donald Trump and the far right a political defeat with significant implications for the entire region. The Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate, with at least 54 seats, and for the first time since 1954, the Senate will change hands in two consecutive election cycles. In this context, we at ALBA Movimientos salute the workers, women, youth, migrants, and working-class communities who voted against hatred, austerity, and exclusion\u2014and who refuse to resign themselves to living in a country that respects them, includes them, and promotes their well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s not fool ourselves. Imperialism is not a foreign policy that can be changed by an election: it is a phase of capitalism, a relationship of domination that reproduces itself on a global scale. The chambers of Congress in the United States may change hands, but the structure of military bases, sanctions, debt, and technological dependence remains in place, and the bipartisan consensus on foreign policy toward Cuba, Venezuela, and control over our strategic resources has not been broken. Anyone who expects Washington to change its very nature because of an election result is mistaken.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it would be a mistake to reduce this moment to a mere shift in institutional majorities. Trump\u2019s defeat is a political defeat and, as such, alters the political landscape: a president without congressional support loses budgetary authority, the power to make appointments, and the ability to block investigations; his allies lose their signal of protection. The case of Fl\u00e1vio Bolsonaro speaks volumes: a defeated candidate in Brazil, he traveled to the United States via Argentina, and today Congress is investigating his entry while extradition requests are being pursued. Unconditional alignment with Trump is no longer an insurance policy\u2014it is a cost. Right-wing governments in the region, which made that alignment a cornerstone of their rule, are beginning to pay the price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s weakening does not defeat the regional right, but it strips it of its main point of reference. In Brazil, Bolsonarism remains a major force; in Argentina, Milei retains the government and his capacity for initiative. It would be a mistake to claim victory: what has changed is the political climate, not the balance of power. And the climate, without organization and mobilization, will dissipate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main victory, however, is a subjective one. For years, they tried to convince us that the far right was invincible, that once in power it would never leave, that hope was naivety. Trump\u2019s defeat proves the opposite: imperial power can be defeated. That certainty is a political asset of the highest order, but it does not stand on its own. We say it again: euphoria without organization fades; hope without a plan runs dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nor should we expect imperialism to become benign. Where it enjoys bipartisan consensus, it may even harden: Cuba and Venezuela<\/strong>. That is why we must redouble our efforts in solidarity with and in defense of the Cuban Revolution and the Bolivarian Revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The struggle over strategic resources will be the decisive battleground. The lithium, copper, water, food, and energy required by the technological transition are found in our territories. A weakened Washington may be a weaker negotiator, but it also exerts greater pressure: the opportunity and the threat are one and the same. There is no sovereignty without control over these resources, and there is no control without popular organization to sustain it. Regional unity is the only way to negotiate these resources as a bloc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is why we call on the popular, social, and political forces of Our America to turn division into organization, strengthening grassroots spaces, unions, cooperatives, territorial movements, and the training of cadres; to advance in building regional unity through action based on a common program of sovereignty\u2014food, energy, minerals, water, technology, and defense\u2014; to defend the peoples under attack by imperialism, demanding an end to the blockade of Cuba, denouncing interference in Venezuela, and standing in solidarity with the Palestinian cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s defeat is not the end of the empire. It is a crack. Cracks do not become victories on their own: they become victories when there is organization, a plan, and the will to act. We call for turning this crack into an opportunity, and that opportunity into a different balance of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ALBA Movements Operational Secretary<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14978,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"tags":[13,25],"statement-type":[256],"class_list":["post-14977","statement","type-statement","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-anti-imperialism","tag-democracy","statement-type-region-statement"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipa-aip.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/statement\/14977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipa-aip.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/statement"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipa-aip.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/statement"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipa-aip.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipa-aip.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipa-aip.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14977"},{"taxonomy":"statement-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipa-aip.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/statement-type?post=14977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}