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American citizens rely on the government and the press to determine if the election in a foreign country were legitimate. They do not speak the language in the
by dj_gitmo 8y ago
American citizens rely on the government and the press to determine if the election in a foreign country were legitimate. They do not speak the language in the country and do not have cultural ties to this country.
Do you think that the average American can accurately asses who is the proper president of Venezuela using only the word of the government and the press?
We know the current administration is packed with ideologues; many of whom are veterans of the Latin American "Dirty Wars" of the 1980s. I don't think we can trust the government on this one.
The "click bait" article, which is actually well cited, makes the case that the press is almost always in favor of regime-change in Latin America.
So I will ask again, do you think that US Americans are knowledgeable enough about Latin America to know what is best for Latin America?
- diego_moita 8y ago> do you think that US Americans are knowledgeable enough about Latin America to know what is best for Latin America? I don't know, I am Latin American (from Brazil), not US American.
- dj_gitmo 8y agoI'm in the US and it is difficult to find media here that is critical of US intervention in Latin America. It's not a question that people need to engage with at all if they don't want to. It's a small story. The current administration has nefarious intentions for Venezuela. They want to turn it into a more compliant, Banana Republic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_republic