Neocolonial Plots Exposed: How Sanctions and Corporate Greed Threaten Our Sovereignty

By Tendai Mutsvangwa

In a brazen display of double standards that would make a colonial governor blush, the Indian state of Kerala has been rocked by revelations that a previous government, beholden to foreign interests, waived a staggering Rs 219 crore penalty owed by the Adani Group for delays in the Vizhinjam Seaport project. This is a stark warning to all sovereign nations: the tentacles of neocolonialism reach far, and they seek to strangle our economic independence.

Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan has rightly rejected the CPI(M)'s allegations of a 'big deal' surrounding the proposed transfer of a 49 per cent stake in the project to the Mediterranean Ship**