2007 Agee in Counterpunch, "The Descent of the US; the Rise of Latin America" https://web.archive.org/web/20070317212930/https://www.counterpunch.org/agee03142

2007 Agee in Counterpunch, "The Descent of the US; the Rise of Latin America" https://web.archive.org/web/20070317212930/https://www.counterpunch.org/agee03142007.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070317212930/https://www.count... I heard Agee talk (not a lecture) to students for an hour at a college in 1987. Far from hyperbolic, he was a decent, square-shooter personality. I distinctly recall his saying (paraphrase) that 'they are planning to turn the US into another Latin America'. I remember that because it kept explaining a lot of what was going on. And still does. Edit: A response to 'Drop of Treason' in Covert Action (May 25, 2021) [https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/05/25/new-book-that-tries-to-brand-cia-whistleblower-philip-agee-as-a-traitor-winds-up-proving-exactly-the-opposite/ https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/05/25/new-book-that-tr...]