• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    So much seems to be missing here… also the picture is not complete without Central America.

    From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change_in_Latin_America:

    20th century

    1903 separation of Panama from Colombia
    1906–1909 occupation of Cuba
    1912–1933 occupation of Nicaragua
    1914 occupation of Veracruz
    1915–1934 occupation of Haiti
    1916–1924 occupation of the Dominican Republic
    1954 Guatemalan coup d'état
    1961 Bay of Pigs invasion
    1961 Operation Mongoose in Cuba
    1964 Brazilian coup d'état
    1964 ousting of Cheddi Jagan in British Guiana
    1965–1966 occupation of the Dominican Republic
    1971 Bolivian coup d'état
    1973 Chilean coup d'état
    1981–1990 support for the Contras in Nicaragua
    1983 invasion of Grenada
    1989 invasion of Panama
    1994–1995 occupation of Haiti
    
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        He’s the mask off guy. The “let’s see how much we can ratch it up” guy. The “let’s drop all pretence of democracy and human rights” guy. But the USA have never been the goodies. And to understand MAGA you need to look back, how they got there. Tea Party, Bush, Reagan, Nixon…

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          Remember when we executed all the southern generals and slave owners after the civil war?

          Nope.