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Latin America

Martin68

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9. I'm looking forward to the release of these documents. Chile was unique in Latin America for a

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Thu Aug 31, 2023, 02:10 PM

Aug 2023

government that had democratic elections unbroken from 1925 to 1973. Then the "we just want to protect democracy" US fiddled with Chile's economy and interfered deeply in their politics to aid a coup to overthrow President Allende because he was a socialist. A coup during which he was shot and killed.

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Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide [View all] Judi Lynn Aug 2023 OP

America really should have tried more debt traps to bring other nations to heel! Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2023 #1

I imagine here was some CIA skullduggery in Nicaragua... b brush Aug 2023 #2

When I saw your post, I immediately remembered seeing an interview on TV with a former CIA Judi Lynn Aug 2023 #3

What created a desperate need for a new leader was the decades-old, vicious Somoza dictatorship Judi Lynn Aug 2023 #4

Wonder where these tinpots get those snazzy uniforms? brush Aug 2023 #7

Gabon military led coup, removing 42 year family dictatorship ...makes one think sometimes it's ok. Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2023 #8

So many with dirty and bloody hands in the Nicaragua/Contra... brush Aug 2023 #5

Indeed! It's impossible to forget that "suicide." They had a deep grudge against him. Judi Lynn Aug 2023 #6

I'm looking forward to the release of these documents. Chile was unique in Latin America for a Martin68 Aug 2023 #9