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Latin America

Judi Lynn

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5. It only worked for them efficiently when other countries were too unable to protest,

Reply to OBenario (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 02:05 AM

Mar 2015

or to organize, to resist getting shoved around.

It would make perfect sense that there would be a general expiration time on a policy like that.

What a shame it happened at all. So much better to see people creating their own democracies, looking forward to better days.

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How Not to Win Friends in Latin America [View all] Judi Lynn Mar 2015 OP

The White House needs to understand... OBenario Mar 2015 #1

It only worked for them efficiently when other countries were too unable to protest, Judi Lynn Mar 2015 #5

I wonder: which corporation, which bankster billionaire, is behind the persecution of Venezuela? Demeter Mar 2015 #2

You need look no further than the Bush Crime Family & the MIC money machine. 99th_Monkey Mar 2015 #4

He "misoverestimated" his ability to get Venezuelans to go along with the coup. Judi Lynn Mar 2015 #8

The USA/CIA/BushCrimeFamily's Venezuela's 2002 coup attempt is well documented here 99th_Monkey Mar 2015 #12

Thanks for the good summary. The only time we heard about Venezuela, in the past, Judi Lynn Mar 2015 #6

That was wikipedia's version Demeter Mar 2015 #9

Absolutely NO ONE could touch his Nixon. What a great guy. Judi Lynn Mar 2015 #10

Once again, Obama is aping GWBush's misguided anti-democratic policies abroad 99th_Monkey Mar 2015 #3

Last thing in the world we expected to see when we elected him. What a non-stop shock. n/t Judi Lynn Mar 2015 #7

lol Weisbrot. Wrong about everything. Bacchus4.0 Mar 2015 #11

Wasn't Weisbrot the useful idiot that said Venezuela's inflation would start improving this year? Marksman_91 Mar 2015 #13