Trump Fast-Tracking U.S. Expansion Into Latin America

How the US Is Plaguing the Americas With Misery in the Name of Liberty

On the US' long history of running roughshod over the rights of its Americas neighbors while invoking "liberty".

Plaguing the Americas with Misery in the Name of Liberty

Photo credit: Telesur Simon Bolivar, the great liberator of South America, famously observed, “The United States appear(s) to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.” For 200 years, US leaders have never proved him wrong. In the early 1800s, Bolivar led what is now Venezuela and five other countries to independence from the Spanish Empire. But the United States still refuses to recognize the independence o…

Trump fast-tracking U.S. expansion into Latin America

Simon Bolivar, the great liberator of South America, famously observed, "The United States appear(s) to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty." For 200 years, US leaders have never proved him wrong. In the early 1800s, Bolivar led what is now Venez

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While Simon Bolivar has been right for 200 years, the US is not doomed to act this way forever. It can and must stop exploiting, impoverishing and killing its neighbors. #WorldBEYONDWar The post Plaguing the Americas with Misery in the Name of Liberty appeared first on World BEYOND War.