June 2009:
One of the coup generals in Honduras said that their coup was intended "to prevent communism from Venezuela reaching the United States." (--quoted in a report on the coup by the Zelaya government-in-exile)
Now the murders are escalating in Honduras--murders of labor leaders, teachers, peasant farmers, political leftists, journalists. Where will it end?
The U.S.-ification of Latin American countries almost ALWAYS means mass murder--by U.S. funded/trained local fascist thugs or by the DEA (Honduras 2012), or by U.S. military 'contractors' (as I believe occurred in Colombia during the Bush Junta), or by design of the USAID ("pacification" programs for Colombia, where a mass murder occurred--La Macarena)--cuz you can't subjugate, rob and tyrannize Latin Americans without killing a lot of them, especially the community leaders.
It hasn't stopped. It is an ON-GOING policy of the U.S. government, no matter who is in charge (or thinks they are in charge).
And "communism" is still the bugaboo! Read: universal free medical care, universal free education through college, decent food on the table, decent wages and benefits, pensions for all, strong labor unions, housing for the poor, upward mobility, political inclusiveness, high public participation and use of a country's resources to help the people who live there.
Ahem, read: the "New Deal." THAT is what the Honduran general meant by "communism." And THAT is what our transglobal corporate, bankster and war profiteer rulers are determined to prevent us from even knowing about, let alone demanding and enacting.
Ever since Reagan. That was the first junta here. A media junta. Now they have ES&S/Diebold on top of everything else to guarantee their tyrannical rule.
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