The US opposed democracy in Chile during the cold war, helping to bring about a brutal, murderous authoritarian dictatorship.

NPR has an interesting angle on this history today: that as more people became aware of the atrocities being committed and the US role, they became the modern international human rights movement:
"I came back full of fury and indignation at the United States"
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/10/1193755188/chile-coup-50-years-pinochet-kissinger-human-rights-allende
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#NPR #WeekendRead #chile #USForeignPolicy

#USForeignPolicy #ChineseSpyBalloon https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/05/the-observer-view-on-the-real-threat-behind-chinas-spy-balloon?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

More old photos. I took this picture in the lobby of the Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina in Havana, #Cuba ten years ago while much of the country was furious over US #imperialist involvement in #Libya. It was mind-blowing to see what the US represents to so much of the world up close for the first time. I have loads of these photos on this old Dropbox account.
#imperialism #empire #USforeignpolicy #EndWar #Embargo #propoganda #ProtestArt

Biden’s unsentimental foreign policy strategy https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/04/biden-foreign-policy-strategy-realism/ #davidignatius @washingtonpost #foreignpolicy #biden #jakesullivan #usforeignpolicy

#histodons

I talked to @Tanvim @thenation about the US's inhumane policies regarding deportations to #Haiti as well as how the US has regarded Haiti since the #HaitianRevolution: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/deportation-haiti-prison-conditions/. Rachèle Magloire & others have called attention to this issue but we're still ripping people from their families after they've done their time. #USforeignpolicy #foreignpolicy