In the new architecture of global power, imperialism no longer always needs marines. Today, dominance is exercised through trade agreements, digital platforms, energy dependencies, and narrative control mechanisms. In this new scenario, the link between Washington and Brussels is no longer a defensive alliance but has become a deeply asymmetrical hierarchical structure. It is a trap from the other side of the Atlantic, a multifaceted system of subordination, carefully designed to keep Europe within the perimeter of US imperialism\u2019s influence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
NATO, once presented as the military shield of the \u201cfree world,\u201d has been turned into a platform for economic extraction. Under pressure from Washington, especially during Trump\u2019s term, Europe must increase its military budget to 5% of GDP, but not to strengthen autonomous defense, but to buy US weapons. This is a modern form of financial tribute: paying to remain in the imperial club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the break with Russia, induced by the war in Ukraine, the US destroyed the European energy matrix Nord Stream 2 (in Trump\u2019s words) and did not act as an ally. It exported liquefied natural gas (LNG) at inflated prices, taking advantage of European vulnerability to turn energy into a tool of subordination. What was once energy interdependence is now imposed dependence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Big US tech companies are not only seeking profits, but political immunity. Every European attempt to regulate platforms, protect data, or control algorithms is met by Washington with economic threats and narrative blackmail. The discourse of freedom of expression is instrumentalized as a Trojan horse to preserve US digital hegemony, a kind of digital colonialism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Europe has been stripped of real sovereignty, becoming the periphery of the imperial center. Its industrial, energy, and technology policies are subject to intervention. Even the European rearmament plan, valued at \u20ac800 billion, must be carried out with US materials, under an explicit veto on any real autonomy. Europe does not decide: it obeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the 21st century, occupation does not need troops. The EU is invaded by ironclad contracts, unequal treaties, and a financial architecture subordinate to the dollar. It is an economic occupation zone, where real power is exercised from across the Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
European industrial policy is being designed to benefit US companies. The European Chip Act, theoretically created to reduce dependence, has served to subsidize Silicon Valley companies. At the same time, agreements with China have been systematically sabotaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the digital realm, every regulatory attempt, such as the Digital Services Act, provokes direct reactions from Washington, which demands exceptions for its tech giants. Europe controls neither its data, nor its servers, nor its hardware. Everything is privatized and foreign-owned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Energy policy has also been captured. Through opaque agreements, corporations such as Exxon and Chevron influence the fiscal and energy decisions of European states. The green transition has become a business of the North for the North, financed by Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the dollar remains the central instrument of discipline. Any initiative to trade in alternative currencies is blocked by threats or sanctions. The European Central Bank acts as a satellite of the Federal Reserve, with no real autonomy. Meanwhile, the financial bubble threatens to accelerate in the City of London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, domination is also ideological. Euro-Atlantic media, think tanks, and foundations shape a single discourse: aligning with the United States is synonymous with democracy. Any alternative, from multilateralism to neutrality, is dismissed as populism or authoritarianism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Atlantic Trap is no accident: it is the central design of the new imperialism. In this context, the anti-imperialist struggle must incorporate Europe not as an ally, but as a field of strategic dispute. France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, driven by economic and hegemonic ambitions and under pressure from transnational corporations, want to prolong the war. Widespread inflation with rising fuel prices is fueling the financial bubble. Chaos looms as Germany\u2019s Volkswagen admits it cannot compete with China in the construction of electric cars and is considering building weapons. France\u2019s Renault promises the same. As long as Brussels chooses to remain subordinate, it will remain part of the problem. Not the solution! Now is the time for the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Estados Unidos y la ocupaci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica de Europa<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Edmundo Albornoz | Partido Comunista del Ecuador<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En la nueva arquitectura del poder mundial, el imperialismo ya no necesita siempre marines. Hoy en d\u00eda, el dominio se ejerce a trav\u00e9s de acuerdos comerciales, plataformas digitales, dependencias energ\u00e9ticas y mecanismos de control narrativo. En este nuevo escenario, el v\u00ednculo entre Washington y Bruselas ya no es una alianza defensiva, sino que se ha convertido en una estructura jer\u00e1rquica profundamente asim\u00e9trica. Es una trampa desde el otro lado del Atl\u00e1ntico, un sistema multifac\u00e9tico de subordinaci\u00f3n, cuidadosamente dise\u00f1ado para mantener a Europa dentro del per\u00edmetro de influencia del imperialismo estadounidense. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Edmundo Albornoz | Communist Party of Ecuador<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amsterdam-international-conference-in-june-2025"],"yoast_head":"\n
La OTAN, que en su d\u00eda se present\u00f3 como el escudo militar del \u00abmundo libre\u00bb, se ha convertido en una plataforma de extracci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica. Bajo la presi\u00f3n de Washington, especialmente durante el mandato de Trump, Europa debe aumentar su presupuesto militar hasta el 5 % del PIB, pero no para reforzar su defensa aut\u00f3noma, sino para comprar armas estadounidenses. Se trata de una forma moderna de tributo financiero: pagar para permanecer en el club imperial.
En la ruptura con Rusia, inducida por la guerra en Ucrania, Estados Unidos destruy\u00f3 la matriz energ\u00e9tica europea Nord Stream 2 (en palabras de Trump) y no actu\u00f3 como aliado. Export\u00f3 gas natural licuado (GNL) a precios inflados, aprovechando la vulnerabilidad europea para convertir la energ\u00eda en una herramienta de subordinaci\u00f3n. Lo que antes era interdependencia energ\u00e9tica es ahora dependencia impuesta.
Las grandes empresas tecnol\u00f3gicas estadounidenses no solo buscan beneficios, sino tambi\u00e9n inmunidad pol\u00edtica. Cada intento europeo de regular las plataformas, proteger los datos o controlar los algoritmos es respondido por Washington con amenazas econ\u00f3micas y chantaje narrativo. El discurso de la libertad de expresi\u00f3n se instrumentaliza como un caballo de Troya para preservar la hegemon\u00eda digital estadounidense, una especie de colonialismo digital.
Europa ha sido despojada de su soberan\u00eda real, convirti\u00e9ndose en la periferia del centro imperial. Sus pol\u00edticas industriales, energ\u00e9ticas y tecnol\u00f3gicas est\u00e1n sujetas a intervenci\u00f3n. Incluso el plan de rearme europeo, valorado en 800 000 millones de euros, debe llevarse a cabo con materiales estadounidenses, bajo un veto expl\u00edcito a cualquier autonom\u00eda real. Europa no decide: obedece.
En el siglo XXI, la ocupaci\u00f3n no necesita tropas. La UE est\u00e1 invadida por contratos blindados, tratados desiguales y una arquitectura financiera subordinada al d\u00f3lar. Es una zona de ocupaci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica, donde el poder real se ejerce desde el otro lado del Atl\u00e1ntico.
La pol\u00edtica industrial europea se est\u00e1 dise\u00f1ando para beneficiar a las empresas estadounidenses. La Ley Europea de Chips, creada en teor\u00eda para reducir la dependencia, ha servido para subvencionar a las empresas de Silicon Valley. Al mismo tiempo, se han saboteado sistem\u00e1ticamente los acuerdos con China.
En el \u00e1mbito digital, cualquier intento de regulaci\u00f3n, como la Ley de Servicios Digitales, provoca reacciones directas de Washington, que exige excepciones para sus gigantes tecnol\u00f3gicos. Europa no controla ni sus datos, ni sus servidores, ni su hardware. Todo est\u00e1 privatizado y en manos extranjeras.
La pol\u00edtica energ\u00e9tica tambi\u00e9n ha sido capturada. A trav\u00e9s de acuerdos opacos, empresas como Exxon y Chevron influyen en las decisiones fiscales y energ\u00e9ticas de los Estados europeos. La transici\u00f3n verde se ha convertido en un negocio del Norte para el Norte, financiado por Europa.
Y el d\u00f3lar sigue siendo el instrumento central de disciplina. Cualquier iniciativa para comerciar con monedas alternativas es bloqueada con amenazas o sanciones. El Banco Central Europeo act\u00faa como un sat\u00e9lite de la Reserva Federal, sin autonom\u00eda real. Mientras tanto, la burbuja financiera amenaza con acelerarse en la City de Londres.
Por \u00faltimo, la dominaci\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n es ideol\u00f3gica. Los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n, los think tanks y las fundaciones euroatl\u00e1nticos conforman un discurso \u00fanico: alinearse con Estados Unidos es sin\u00f3nimo de democracia. Cualquier alternativa, desde el multilateralismo hasta la neutralidad, es descartada como populismo o autoritarismo.
La trampa atl\u00e1ntica no es casual: es el dise\u00f1o central del nuevo imperialismo. En este contexto, la lucha antiimperialista debe incorporar a Europa no como aliada, sino como campo de disputa estrat\u00e9gica. Francia, Alemania y el Reino Unido, impulsados por ambiciones econ\u00f3micas y hegem\u00f3nicas y bajo la presi\u00f3n de las empresas transnacionales, quieren prolongar la guerra. La inflaci\u00f3n generalizada, con el aumento de los precios del combustible, est\u00e1 alimentando la burbuja financiera. El caos se cierne sobre nosotros, ya que Volkswagen, de Alemania, admite que no puede competir con China en la construcci\u00f3n de coches el\u00e9ctricos y est\u00e1 considerando fabricar armas. Renault, de Francia, promete lo mismo. Mientras Bruselas siga optando por la subordinaci\u00f3n, seguir\u00e1 siendo parte del problema. \u00a1No es la soluci\u00f3n! Ahora es el momento de los pueblos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wap21.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMAGE-2025-06-23-214721.jpg?resize=696%2C522&ssl=1\")
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