Aug 20, 2021
“Every time the United States ‘saves’ a country, it leaves it turned into a madhouse or a cemetery.”
—Eduardo Galeano
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“Every time the United States ‘saves’ a country, it leaves it turned into a madhouse or a cemetery.”
—Eduardo Galeano
Female Afghan who decided to take up arms in a resistance movement against the Taliban.
(Stolen from IG: @northernprovisions)
lol every so often I like to think about how young bernard supported the sandinistas in nicaragua against the nasty ass r*pist contras and so i just did a google search and omfg lol k*ll us media
like i am all for nuance, but generally im gonna say that death squads = bad.
By Caitlin Johnstone
Person A: Wow, things are looking really bad in Venezuela right now.
Person B: Yeah.
Person A: All that poverty and unrest!
Person B: I know, it’s terrible.
Person A: You know what we should do?
Person B: Please don’t say send in Godzilla.
Person A: What? Why not??
Person B: Because he always makes things worse! You know that! Every time we send in Godzilla to try and solve problems in the world, he just ends up trampling all over the city, knocking down buildings and killing thousands of people with his atomic heat beam.Person A: Maybe this time would be different though!
What follows is a Socratic interaction that, because Godzilla takes the place of the American military and intelligence apparatus, is enjoyable more than heavy handed. It also runs down the straw man and bad faith arguments that get trotted out over and over again each time an American military intervention occurs.
U.S. military intervention will not make life better for Venezuelans.
Do you think the US will ever apologize for the 2004 coup they orchestrated in Haiti?
Hi, many thanks for your question although I think it goes outside of the scope of what we cover at this blog.
I suppose I would say plainly that I doubt the United States – or any of the major powers, notably France and Canada – involved in the “plot” to topple Aristide – will ever apologise for this intervention. It is uniquely the U.S. will admit cutting aid to Haiti or supporting efforts to destabilise the government even months before the coup had an impact on its ultimate unfolding. Encouraging, and if necessary, personally assisting regime change in Latin America has been a key element of American foreign policy towards this region (and others).
That said, I think that the exact context that led to the fall of the Aristide government is a lot more complex than people (especially outside of Haiti) tend to imagine. Emotions are very polarised around the former President and at the present; whether the conversation is centred on his two (or three) administrations (1991, 1994, 2000) or whether one is discussing the 2004 coup more specifically, it is still difficult to make a clear distinction between fact and fiction.
Anyhow, I hope I answered your question.
¡Fuera Tio Sam!