Of course, the accepted history of the coup attempt, as told by the U.S. government, international bodies such as the UN Human Rights Council and most of the media, is that nearly all the victims were protesters, mainly students, killed by police or by Sandinista “paramilitaries”. The truth is far more complicated; people on the ground, especially those living in the places most affected, became increasingly aware of the opposition’s intentions.
  • DiltoGeggins [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    I just feel like even in today times US involvement in Latin America is mainly wrong-headed, and aimed not at helping Latinos but rather stupefied attempts to solve the so-called "drug problem"... As if it were some kind of scourge unleashed upon wipipo by unscrupulous browns, the common argument being let's cut the problem off at the source. Protip: if you want to deal with the source, it's sitting in some club in Las Vegas or NYC snorting up their paycheck. The source is not some farmer in the Northern Andes who has no clue what kind of mess the USA is in. As the saying goes, "if you keep snorting it, we'll keep exporting it."