Why bring up the US government as a whole? History repeatedly shows that "US" intervention in South America need not involve the entire governmental edifice; in

Why bring up the US government as a whole? History repeatedly shows that "US" intervention in South America need not involve the entire governmental edifice; in fact, the most famous and effective examples involve only three-letter agencies (eg, the CIA) and their financial hegemonic counterparts (eg, the IMF). If ideological differences threaten international resource extraction -- and Boric's stance against Kast's plan of "empowering the security forces to more forcefully crack down on Indigenous challenges to land rights in the south of the country" certainly suggests such a threat to me -- then Something Will Happen, mark my words.