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The Return of Latin America’s Revolt Against US Imperialism and Capitalistic Structures
Resistance to US-led coups, sanctions, proxy wars, and propaganda to dissolve leftist governments and social movements strengthens.
US imperialism has been asserting its ideology in Latin American nations and globally for over a century. If it’s not enlisting young Americans to kill women, children, and men in countries choosing an alternative economic structure, it’s sabotaging them via proxy wars, sanctions, and coups. In the 21st century, weaponizing totalitarian opponents, implementing US-backed military coups, and prohibiting financial sovereignty are the most common attacks on leftist governments and social movements.
Freezing a government’s finances starves the nation of food and medical supplies, but the purpose of using citizens as collateral is to force governments into submission. The UN requested the US, EU, and friends to lift sanctions during the pandemic, but they ignored the shallow demand. Economic punishments deliberately coerce humanitarian crises and human rights violations, but the US doesn’t acknowledge the existence of the International Criminal Courts (ICC).
Latin Americans have continuously encountered covert and overt aggression…
