Thirty leaders from South America and Africa have called for formalized links between the two continents, including joint military, banking and mining efforts that would mirror the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, according to according to Bloomberg.
Such an alliance would serve to counteract the influence of U.S. and Europe.
“For African countries, it’s closer to visit our brothers in South America. We share the same interests of liberation and revolutionary ideals,” Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi said yesterday at the Second Africa-South America summit. “Colonialism humiliated us, insulted us and robbed us of our riches.”
The countries discussed working with each other to develop natural resources in order to reduce reliance on former colonial and imperial powers. Already, oil agreements have been made between Venezuela and Niger, as well as mining agreements between Venezuela and Sierra Leone.
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