On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 10:59:52AM +0100, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > Not sure what refernces to Chile, El Salvador or Nicaragua you are > > making. Grenada was already covered. Panama was under US protection > > until Jimmy Carter gave away the canal. > > > Let me refresh your memory > Chile: Pinochet, forcibly got power with US assistance, after a > communist (Allende) won the elections. > El Salvador: US supports Junta against communists. Under the Junta > control there were many political killings, one of the More famous > Archbishop Romero > Nicaragua: Again support to anti-communist groups. > Oh yeah. It was kind of late when I wrote that last night and I had forgotten about those.
> You can safely add to this list Argentina, Colombia and pretty much all > of Latin and South America. If it was successful I leave to you. > Well, the Monroe Doctrine was widely criticized, but did set a precedent for the US "being active" in Latin America. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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