"US has overthrown around 40 Latin American governments in the 20th Century in pursuit of their interests?? "
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Here are the details. America has to stop interferring.\n\nArgentina1890TroopsBuenos Aires interests protected\nChile1891TroopsMarines clash with nationalist rebels\nHaiti1891TroopsBlack workers revolt on U.S.-claimed Navassa Island defeated\nNicaragua1894Troops Month-long occupation of Bluefields\nPanama1895Naval, troopsMarines land in Colombian province\nNicaragua1896TroopsMarines land in port of Corinto\nCuba1898-Naval, troopsSeized from Spain, U.S. still holds Navy base at Guantanamo\nPuerto Rico1898-Naval, troopsSeized from Spain, occupation continues\nNicaragua1898TroopsMarines land at port of San Juan del Sur\nNicaragua1899TroopsMarines land at port of Bluefields\nHonduras1903TroopsMarines intervene in revolution\nDominican Republic1903-04TroopsU.S. interests protected in Revolution\nCuba1906-09TroopsMarines land in democratic election\nNicaragua1907Troops"Dollar Diplomacy" protectorate set up\nHonduras1907TroopsMarines land during war with Nicaragua\nPanama1908TroopsMarines intervene in election contest\nNicaragua1910TroopsMarines land in Bluefields and Corinto\nHonduras1911TroopsU.S. interests protected in civil war\nCuba1912TroopsU.S. interests protected in Havana\nPanama1912TroopsMarines land during heated election\nHonduras1912TroopsMarines protect U.S. economic interests\nNicaragua1912-33Troops, bombing20-year occupation, fought guerrillas\nMexico1913NavalAmericans evacuated during revolution\nDominican Republic1914NavalFight with rebels over Santo Domingo\nMexico1914-18Naval, troopsSeries of interventions against nationalists\nHaiti1914-34Troops, bombing19-year occupation after revolts\nDominican Republic1916-24Troops8-year Marine occupation\nCuba1917-33TroopsMilitary occupation, economic protectorate\nPanama1918-20Troops"Police duty" during unrest after elections\nHonduras1919TroopsMarines land during election campaign\nGuatemala1920Troops2-week intervention against unionists\nCosta Rica1921Troops\nPanama1921Troops\nHonduras1924-25TroopsLanded twice during election strife\nPanama1925TroopsMarines suppress general strike\nEl Salvador1932NavalWarships sent during Faribundo Marti revolt\nUruguay1947Nuclear threatBombers deployed as show of strength\nPuerto Rico1950Command operationIndependence rebellion crushed in Ponce\nGuatemala1954-?Command operation, bombing, nuclear threatCIA directs exile invasion and coup d'Etat after newly elected government nationalizes unused U.S.'s United Fruit Company lands; bombers based in Nicaragua; long-term result: 200,000 murdered\nPanama1958TroopsFlag protests erupt into confrontation\nCuba1961Command operationCIA-directed exile invasion fails\nCuba1962Nuclear threat, navalBlockade during missile crisis; near-war with Soviet Union\nPanama1964TroopsPanamanians shot for urging canal's return\nDominican Republic1965-66Troops, bombingMarines land during election campaign\nGuatemala1966-67Command operationGreen Berets intervene against rebels\nChile1973Command operationCIA-backed coup ousts democratically elected Marxist president\nEl Salvador1981-92Command operation, troopsAdvisors, overflights aid anti-rebel war, soldiers briefly involved in hostage clash; long-term result: 75,000 murdered and destruction of popular movement\nNicaragua1981-90Command operation, navalCIA directs exile (Contra) invasions, plants harbor mines against revolution; result: 50,000 murdered\nHonduras1982-90TroopsManeuvers help build bases near borders\nGrenada1983-84Troops, bombingInvasion four years after revolution\nBolivia1987TroopsArmy assists raids on cocaine region\nPanama1989Troops, bombingNationalist government ousted by 27,000 soldiers, leaders arrested, 2000+ killed\nHaiti1994-95Troops, navalBlockade against military government; troops restore President Aristide to office three years after coup\nVenezuela2002Command operationFailed coup attempt to remove left-populist president Hugo Chavez\nHaiti2004-TroopsRemoval of democratically elected President Aristide; troops
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You like mean pouring in money, weapons, and CIA advisors to overthrow governments to be replaced with governments more favorable to US business intrest?  Even the Marshall plan was more about making Europe ready to recieve US corporations that "altruism".
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This is actually a problem that has been going on across Latin America (Mexico, Nicauragua, Honduras, Peru, etc) for a very long time, and the reason the USA never seems to do anything is because as each of these nations changes its government from pro-US to anti-US to pro-US again, changes our official response to the action. When the government doesn't like us, this is the crime of the millenium, but when it goes back to liking us we tend to forget about it (Nicauragua, as an example). It doesn't seem to matter who is in charge of these countries, the indigenous people always seem to get the short end of everything.
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They have never stopped loving Fidel or worshipping Che.  Don't forget the little crush they have on Kim Jong of North Korea.  \nAnd here's to hoping that Danny Ortega can stage a comeback in Nicaragua. \n\nThe Liberals lament is so many dictators to love, so little time
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Things have already gotten out of hand.  We have Marxist dictators in Cuba, Venezuela, and now Bolivia.
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In 1916, Francisco Villa, leader of the peasant uprisings in northern Mexico, raided Columbus, New Mexico, in an attempt to expose Mexican government collaboration with the United States. President Woodrow Wilson responded by ordering an invasion of Mexico. Five years after the beginning of the Mexican Revolution, which was characterized by hope for social change as well as death, hunger, and violence, many Mexicans did not welcome further involvement by the U.S. In the following correspondence, Secretary of State Robert Lansing and President Wilson described the need to carefully frame the invasion as a defense of U.S. borders rather than interference in the Mexican Revolution. The resulting invasion, led by General John Pershing, was a total fiasco. It failed to locate Villa and increased anti-U.S. sentiment and Mexican nationalist resolve. \n\n\n\nGo here for more information \n\nhttp://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/4947/
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Nothing New About It\n\nhttp://www.limitstogrowth.org/WEB-text/aztlan.html\n\nIn 1997, then-President Zedillo proclaimed that \n“I have proudly affirmed that the Mexican nation \nextends beyond the territory enclosed by its borders.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDuring the ''conquista,'' \nSpain tried to impose on Mexico \na common western language, religion, and culture, \nand to the degree it was successful.  \nIt was also anti-American.  \nWe should remember \nthat the Spaniards were building the great cathedral \nat the Zocolo in Mexico City \na hundred years before George Washington \ntook control of the Continental Army \nat Cambridge, Massachusetts.  \nHere are two different world views, sharing the same continent.\n\nIn his article, Clash of Civilizations?, \nSamuel P. Huntington reminds us \nthat cultural differences may cause future wars, \nand that these wars will be along cultural ''fault lines.''  \n\nThe U. S.--Mexican border is one of those fault lines.  \n\nHuntington writes, \n''Civilization identity will be increasingly important in the future,\nand the world will be shaped in large measure \nby the interactions among seven or eight major civilizations \n\nThe most important conflicts of the future \nwill occur along the cultural fault lines \nseparating these civilizations from one another.'' \n\nIn regard to Mexico, Huntington writes, \n''During the past decade, \nMexico has assumed a position \nsomewhat similar to that of Turkey. \nJust as Turkey abandoned its historic opposition to Europe \nand attempted to join Europe, \nMexico has stopped defining itself \nby its opposition to the United States \nand is instead attempting to imitate the United States.''  \nHowever, \nunlike Canada, \nMexico has a large, nonwestern, indigenous population \nthat has not yet been integrated into modernity.  \nThis native population also carries \nan unconscious weight of resentment \ntowards the Spanish conquest, \nwhich it now mistakenly displaces onto the U. S. \n\nMexico's indigenous population \nis one of the contemporary strains in that society.  \nSub-Comandante Marcos \nand the uprising in Chiapas of indigenous people \nis a prediction of what is to come in Mexico \nif that strain cannot be relieved.\n  \nThe Mexican elites have decided, therefore, \nto reduce this strain by sending north \nas many poor and jobless Mexicans as they can.  \nInstead of solving their own problems, \nwhich might entail a reduction of their status, \nthe ruling Mexican elites have decided to keep the fiesta going\nand let the U. S. handle the cleanup. \n\nA top adviser \nto past Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari \ndescribed to Huntington all the changes \nthe Salinas government was making.  \nWhen the advisor finished, Huntington remarked: \n''That's most impressive.  \nIt seems to me that basically you want to change Mexico \nfrom a Latin American country into a North American country.''\nHe looked at me with surprise and exclaimed: \n''Exactly!  \nThat's precisely what we are trying to do, \nbut of course we could never say so publicly.'' \n \nWhat also could not be said publicly \nis that Mexico wants to reclaim its ''lost'' territory.  \nIt will use economics and illegal immigrants to do this.\n\nMany Mexican elites believe that to become a modern nation,\nMexico has to restructure its economy \nand regain the territory it lost during the first Mexican war.  \nFor over a century, \nMexican nationalists have used the myths and symbols \nof a lost but glorious indigenous past \nto motivate its plans for expansion. \n \nD. H. Lawrence wrote about this myth building in his novel, \nThe Plumed Serpent. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf the ''reconquista'' continues unchecked \nfor the next twenty years, \nthe U. S. will be a fundamentally different society than it is today.\n\nThere will be more poverty and low-wage jo
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We may be headed there. Or that is what it looks like anyway. I previously asked a similar question based on something I was reading about characteristics of a facist government.\n\nI am not saying the current administration meets all the criteria but quite a few of them resemble much of what goes on today in the U.S.\n\n\n1. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism\n2. Disdain for the importance of human rights.\n3. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause.\n4. The supremacy of the military/avid militarism.\n5. Rampant sexism.\n6. A controlled mass media\n7. Obsession with national security\n8. Religion and ruling elite tied together\n9. Power of corporations protected.\n10. Power of labor suppressed or eliminated\n11. Disdain and suppression of intellectuals and the arts\n12. Obsession with crime and punishment\n13. Rampant cronyism and corruption\n14. Fraudulent elections.\n\n\nhttp://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=britt_23_2&back=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.secularhumanism.org%2Flib%2Flist.php%3Fpublication%3Dfi%26vol%3D23
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that's one messed up place for sure...if a truly democratic govt. took over they'd probly want the USA out anyway, so maybe that's why there is continued violence there to keep it weak and dependent on the USA.....the US is making hardened army bases all over that country that makes it look like they want to stay.
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Very risky deal, many americans invested that much and more in Cuba years ago and lost everything, same as investors in Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia and counting, who knows Latin America is very unstable..☺
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in south and central america oligarchies ....rule by family lineage and nepotism is rife within the governmental systems....same in the united states,my friend!!!!!!!the bushes and others like them have worked deep behind the scenes,covertly laying the ground work for a dynastic order of clandestine,shady,corruptand self seeking powermongering for over a century....they could not succeed by merit....they could not succeed by popularity....they could not succeed by courage...they could not succeed by intelligence.....but they can succeed by never underestimating the gullibility,ignorance and naivete the the united state citizenry!!!!george bush senior,the ex-president-exdirector of the c.i.a.-texas oilman -donated 4ships to the abortive bay of pigs way before he held any public office at all....a private investor in forbidden political intrigues to usurp a foreign government's sovereignty without sanction,a declaration of war with congressional approval!!!! he states "manuel noriega...never met the man!"and yet as head of the c.i.a. a military junta with manuel noriega at it's head siezed power in panama with u.s. sanction!!!and their are photographs of george bush sr. with his feet up on noriega's coffee table(a santa ria altar with sacrificed chickens in the background and a briefcase with over $250,000 he was delivering to the dictator)allthis when he was the vice president!!!!(whatever credence could be lended to that photo and report)so,bush senior could be considered suspect not only of being involved with anti-castro cuban brigadas which share much suspicion with watergate break-ins,and the kennedy assasinations;but with extra-legal activities ,as with h.l.hunt and others of his ilk in drawing the armed forces of our fair country into pulling their financial fortunes out of the fire here and abroad in the pursuit of their private, personal wealth in pumping oil in third world nations in the middle east and elsewhere!!there is film available showing h.l.hunt offering millions of dollars of bounty on both john and robert kennedy's life ,treasonous felon today now that the kennedys have been successfully killed:but i would be really suprise if george bush senior wasn't at that meeting of texas oilmen ,discussing what was to be done about the kennedy's wanting to end the oil depletion allowance by which texas oilmen were being paid not to pump domestic oil reserves in the ground nationally!!!!lyndon johnson wasn't any to pleased either the same goes for his constituency;but with him as vice-president...if something happened to the kennedys all power would fall into the texans' lap and from h.l.hunt and billy sol estes and their scandalous and self-aggrandising behavior to enron=keeting-and the stolen election in florida we are still in the hands of unsrupulous backroom politicos,agent provocatuers looting america for personal gain without the good taste or breeding to inspire the briefest moment of admiration or pride for any national accomplishment in favor of the people they would rule; but not lead to greatness!!!!heroin,oil,drugs of every description sold and profited in ,osama ben laden's emeralds and 80 billion dollars in patriot act funding....if we ever get these jokers out of office they'll still be bankrolled for the next twelve thousand years,if any part of their schemes comes thru!!!
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Washington takes into account what is good for the country, I'm posting some facts here and as you can see, if we were to take harsh measures, many U.S. companies would suffer retaliation and there is a great economic factor that people fail to realize. There has to be more enforcement on illegal immigration but we can't make it a witch hunt without getting into a situation that will affect our economic interests abroad. \n\nLaboring in Mexican factories, they receive a little over $3.00 a day, not nearly enough to maintain an adequate living standard. This alone may not surprise people. What is surprising is that more likely than not, these workers are employed by United States' companies! U.S. and European corporations now have the permission and the technology to locate factories throughout the third world. There they do not have to abide by the wage, safety, or environmental standards that are in effect here. Consequently, people in Mexico and Central America are receiving slave wages to manufacture products such as clothing or automobiles that will be profitably sold in the U.S.\n\nA critic might respond, "True, U.S. companies do pay low wages in Latin American nations. But if those companies were not there, the people would have no jobs, no wages. Therefore, those people should be grateful to have the opportunity to make at least some money." This argument sounds persuasive, but is born from ignorance of the history and extent of U.S. involvement in Latin America. As we shall see, the location of U.S. factories there is only the tip of the iceberg. The story of United States' engagement in Latin America is a long and complicated one.\n\nUntil the 1930s, the Latin American economy was based primarily on exporting raw materials to the industrial nations. But in 1929 the stock market crashed, and the ensuing depression spread to Latin America, which no longer had a strong market for its products. Many Latin American governments therefore embarked on a new economic course, one which seemed the most sensible at the time. Because exportation had proven too fraught with danger, these governments tried to achieve self-sufficiency under an economic plan called import substitution. This involved a state-led effort at economic growth, comprising nationalization of industries, tariffs to protect domestic products, and government investment in infrastructure (Green, Duncan. Silent Revolution: The Rise of Market Economics in Latin America. London: Casell, 1985. ps.15-17). By the 1960s, domestic industry supplied 95% of Mexico's consumer goods.\n\nThe decisive event leading to the current situation originated not in Latin America, however, but in the global community: the oil boom of the early 1970s. With so much new money pouring into the West, banks recklessly gave loans to third world nations, "believing,"in the words of Citicorp chairman Walter Wriston, that "'a country does not go bankrupt' as a private company could" (Green 21).\n\nLatin American nations gladly accepted these loans at good interest rates. Although their program of import substitution had prompted much development, it had also caused lasting inflation, inefficient business practices, and high unemployment. But the loans which seemed like a blessing quickly turned into a burden. At the end of the 1970s the U.S. raised interest rates from the traditional level of between 4 and 6% to over 20% ("Foreign Debt Tribunal - Verdict." Third World Resurgence 107 (July 1999) ps.19-21.) This forced Latin American nations to take out new loans just to pay the interest on the old ones. Something had to give, and in 1982 Mexico announced that it could no longer meet its debt repayments. Other nations followed suit.\n\nLatin America was now broken and vulnerable. Irrevocably in debt to the U.S. and Europe, it needed debt renegotiation and further loans. But with no bargaining power, it was forced to accept the ter
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That is the NEOCON agenda.  With the collapse of the Soviet Union, some bright men with nothing to do got tired of playing Risk, and graduated to Global Politics.  They concluded that in this power vacuum, it would be a really good idea for the US to assert itself while it had the chance, aiming at a kind of PAX or Power Americana, another name for world domination.  This all happened while we were all asleep, without our being consulted, and we now find ourselves trying to figure out how we got into this mess, the latest being Afghanistan and Iraq.  These guys are for real, and they are plundering along the way.  No one has ever succeeded at this throughout history, but they are giving it another shot,  as they figure by the time anyone catches on, they will be set and on their private island some where.  It is always the general population that has to suffer these guys, paying in blood, destruction, and chaos.  No one ever believes this can be until it is way too late.  The "big lie" has been used over and over for a very long time to cover this behavior up, and no matter how many times it is used, they always seem to initially get away with it.  They say if you don't know history you are doomed to repeat it, and here we are again.  That must be why we don't teach real history in our schools, so this kind of thing can happen.
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yes I've noticed this. The U.S.A. wants everything our way. Not so sure we want democracy. the present administration is more concerned with having there way than democracy...hopefully this will change when we get a few of these currently elected officials out of office the American people are gettign wise to there ways and soon maybe the U.S. will be happy to mind its own business again. at the current time it seems we havent done a very good job running our own country doesnt make much sense that we are trying to run everyone elses. Unfortuneately we have a few more years with the current president but perhaps the American people can rein him in a little there are many people in the U.S. that are not aproving of the ways things have been handled too bad we get the blame for what the government is doing.
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The American people need to understand that the United States is under attack! \nNo, not by Iraq or Iran, but by Mexico! Yes, Martha, you had better believe it. \nThe Mexican government is deliberately and systematically working to destabilize and undermine the very fabric and framework of American society. \n             And President George W. Bush and Senators John McCain and Ted Kennedy (among others) are aiding and abetting this effort. "  \n\n\n               Gramsci, a young communist who died in one of Mussolini's prisons in 1937 at the age of 46, conjured up the notion of a 'quiet' revolution that could be diffused throughout a culture -- over a period of time -- to destroy it from within.  He was the first to suggest that the application of psychology to break the traditions, beliefs, morals, and will of a people could be accomplished quietly and without the possibility of resistance. \n    \n\n---------" Be not intimidated... nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often used, are but three different names for hypocrisy, chicanery and cowardice"---------------------: John Adams\n\n                  My goodness we are being invaded by dishwashers, cooks, fruit pickers,hotel workers. And MS-13. And try to sell the image of the sweet, hard working Mexican people someplace else because I know better\n\n----------"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."------- \n ---------- Edmund Burke   \n\n\n                  And what do you think you'll have when you destroy the American people and the American infrastructure?. \n                   Do you think you'll be free? Do you think you'll be masters of your destiny?  \n Think again because the people that you are supporting - the illegal invaders to America aren't educated enough and they aren't smart enough.  They will turn America into the same kind of country that Mexico is - a fascist state with a tiny minority controlling all the wealth and the rest of the people in abject poverty.  They will be slaves - they are slaves and what this country is doing to them is an insult to them but they aren't bright enough to figure that out - and apparently Many American Citizens aren't either.
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Seems like it has 3, 4, 5 governments, all fighting for control.  They'd do best to try and find one first
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Lets hope that in our lifetime we don't see a day when anything in this country is changed from what our forefathers intended our legacy to be, let alone the Constitution.The only way our Constitution or anything else in Government could be written in a foreign language. would be for said Government to conquer us and shove their brand of government down our throat.The only way I see this happening is through thee back door. the way the Mexican Government and all the other illegals are attempting to gradually change things in their favor.Keep your eyes open and fight the enemy within!