The Chagos Islands have been under British control since 1814. In 1965, shortly before Mauritius gained independence, London snatched the archipelago away as if it were a piece of furniture that didn\u2019t fit in its new home. Three years later, the expulsion of the inhabitants began \u2014 about 2,000 people who had lived there for generations. It wasn\u2019t \u201crelocation.\u201d It was uprooting. And it was done for one reason: to build the American base on Diego Garcia, one of the most important US military platforms in the world. Operations in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and even secret flights transporting terrorist suspects passed through there. The West talks about the rule of law. But on Diego Garcia, law stops at the base\u2019s gate.<\/p>\n\n\n
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The deal that was presented as \u201cjustice\u201d but reeks of political expediency<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2025, Britain and Mauritius reached an agreement: London would transfer sovereignty over the islands, but would lease back Diego Garcia for 99 years. On paper, it looks like a correction of a historical injustice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In practice, it is a legal shield for the American presence. Britain did not \u201crecognize\u201d its mistake. It simply found a way to maintain it without risking international appeals. And then comes Trump, who\u2014despite the fact that his administration had supported the deal\u2014now denounces it as \u201can act of great stupidity.\u201d Not because he cares about the Chagossians. But because he fears that the transfer of sovereignty will open a window of influence for China and Russia. The irony? He links it to his old obsession with \u201cbuying\u201d Greenland. The colonial mentality does not die. It simply changes accounts on Twitter and Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Britain talks about security, but avoids talking about responsibility<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In London, the opposition\u2014mainly the Conservatives\u2014complain that the agreement \u201cweakens the security of the United Kingdom.\u201d Security for whom? For the 2,500 American soldiers stationed on Diego Garcia? Why certainly not for the 10,000 Chagossians who live scattered across three countries, with no homeland, no right of return, no certainty that their story will ever be heard. Human Rights Watch talks about \u201ccrimes against humanity.\u201d Britain talks about \u201cstrategic stability.\u201d The distance between the two phrases is the distance between reality and political expediency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Chagossians: the invisible people of a visible injustice<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Chagossians were not involved in the negotiations. They were not consulted. They were not informed. The agreement provides for a \u201cresettlement fund\u201d, but without clear terms, without a timetable, without guarantees. Two women of Chagossian origin have appealed to the British courts, arguing that the transfer of sovereignty will make it even more difficult to return. And they are right: when the interests of the big players are locked in, the small ones disappear from the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The conclusion that the West does not want to hear and that you do not want to hear<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Chagossian case is not just a dispute over an archipelago. It is a mirror. And in this mirror, the West does not see itself as it wants to present itself \u2014 a defender of rights, democracy and international law. It is not just Greenland. It is not just Kosovo. It is not just Venezuela. The case of the Chagos Islands is one of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[835,3],"tags":[2951,7776,5490,1162,7777,3944,2378,70],"class_list":["post-27749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa-geopolitical","category-geopolitical","tag-archipelago","tag-chagos-islands","tag-colonialism","tag-democracy","tag-diego-garcia-island","tag-great-britain","tag-justice","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27752,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27749\/revisions\/27752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
He sees something more uncomfortable: A world where colonialism never died. It just wears camouflage and speaks the language of “security.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"