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You left out Ríos Montt, who was (finally) convicted of genocide in Guatemala this past week, some 30 years after Reagan's visit of support. If it helps, there

by skue 13y ago

You left out Ríos Montt, who was (finally) convicted of genocide in Guatemala this past week, some 30 years after Reagan's visit of support. If it helps, there are many folks in the US who would agree with you, most especially those of us who have spent significant time abroad. Even Ron Paul (in all other respects a libertarian wacko) owes much of his popularity to being outspoken about the consequences of blowback due to American interventionalism abroad. He was in the news again today saying much the same about Benghazi: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/ron-paul-benghazi-91269.html http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/ron-paul-benghazi-9126...

speeder 13y ago
I left him, and many african dictators out on purpose, I did not researched in depth yet how they came to power, many I know only as "supported" by the US, not necessarily put in power by the US, but the ones I posted were put in power by the US, directly, or with some behind the scenes direct help (Brazil case for example, brazillians for many years thought that whoever claimed the dictatorship was US backed was just another crazy conspiracy theorist, only CIA and Brazillian government recent declassified info proved the "crazy" people were right, and indeed US not helped only with intelligence, but sent a fleet here, complete with ground troops and carrier, to force João Goulart to resign peacefully instead of allowing his already positioned troops to fight the pro-coup military forces... I think it is rather sad that many people believed João Goulart to be a coward for ordering the troops already on the battlefield to stand down until well after his death)
skue 13y ago
Thanks, that makes sense (I cannot reply to you directly). The US did not directly put Ríos Montt into power. However, the CIA did orchestrate a coup in Guatemala in the 50s, which triggered a bloody civil war and years of conflict that culminated with Ríos Montt coming to power in the 80s.

by skue 13y ago

speeder 13y ago

I left him, and many african dictators out on purpose, I did not researched in depth yet how they came to power, many I know only as "supported" by the US, not necessarily put in power by the US, but the ones I posted were put in power by the US, directly, or with some behind the scenes direct help (Brazil case for example, brazillians for many years thought that whoever claimed the dictatorship was US backed was just another crazy conspiracy theorist, only CIA and Brazillian government recent declassified info proved the "crazy" people were right, and indeed US not helped only with intelligence, but sent a fleet here, complete with ground troops and carrier, to force João Goulart to resign peacefully instead of allowing his already positioned troops to fight the pro-coup military forces... I think it is rather sad that many people believed João Goulart to be a coward for ordering the troops already on the battlefield to stand down until well after his death)

skue 13y ago

Thanks, that makes sense (I cannot reply to you directly). The US did not directly put Ríos Montt into power. However, the CIA did orchestrate a coup in Guatemala in the 50s, which triggered a bloody civil war and years of conflict that culminated with Ríos Montt coming to power in the 80s.