Latin Pulse: U.S. Security and Latin America

[becij13]

well well well...3 yrs on n where did this great initative get the american government...1.6 billion less in the pocket! how many decades is it guna take before they recognise that military force & attempts to control communities is what caused the problem to begin with..the US gov is most certainly responsible for this mess & they must invest in these areas & understand cultural shifts will take a long time to really set in...maybe generations & must be on the peoples terms not the US govs!!

[LreoSan]

Not really a comment about the video but a recomendation of tools to understand the complex political powers. Read Marx, read Adorno, Horkheimer, Chomsky, Foucault.Read any critical thinking authors, Learn and understand that this is not a fight of nations. Is about freedom, real freedom to be individuals. Socialism is not a evil monster (Lenin and Stalin where monsters) Socialism is a tool (not the only one), but is a necesary tool in order to understand our society. Sorry for my english.

[Nezahualcoyotl7]

The USA must democratize Cuba and lift the blockade so all those communists who love Communism can go back to their homeland island.

US must intervene in Cuba sending some missiles and troops.

United against Communists and Terrorists.

:)

[FerrariandBMW]

Ya, since the United States is nothing more than a war machine of the British banking elites, America should keep fighting in South America. And just like the US always has been supporting the dictators and wealthy Capitalists of South America, the U.S. should turn Cuba into an another shithole like they did to South America.

America is such a great military tool, this country would fight any wars in the name of Capitalism.

[Nezahualcoyotl7]

@FerrariandBMW

I would say Cuba is a shit hole unlike Mexico and many other countries in South America, like Brazil, Chile, Paraguay or Uruguay.

Cuba is a puppet commie banana enslaved narco-communist regime.- The most direct route to the U.S. is over Cuba. . .

Cuba has a narco-corrupt puppet government serving Floridian corrupt narco-liberals. Both are against Mexico.

[FerrariandBMW]

Well, what the United States must do, is to put an end to Cuba's Communist regime, so that the US can install another fascist dictator on their country. Or America could just support the Pro-America terrorists in Cuba and if it fails, then all the US gov't has to do, is to deny the involvement like Reagan and Bush did. I think America should create more terrorist groups like they did Al-Qaeda so that we can make the world a better place. USA! USA! USA!

[thachozn1429]

Jean McCain is full of shit. Everytime I see that loser and the rest of his Republican blowhards on TV I thank God that the American people didnt vote for one of those idiots to run the the Free World. Thank God he aint the US' president

[theincredibletroy]

U.S interference in South+Central America must stop.

[gallapagoseaturtle]

- John Piliger's 'War on Democracy' documantary that's available on YouTube is excellent & provides numerous case studies of the U.S. intervening, de-stabilizing and installing governments/individuals.

- Book: 'Under the Eagle' by Jenny Pearce

- Google Operation Condor of U.S. involvment during the Cold War.

[low7free]

Another "divide&Conquer" technique to slowly knock down their population, manipulate and economically rape these ppl. U.S gov is hated darely across the globe and this is why-barging in other country's small problems-fund both sides so there is hell raised-confuse them w/ bullshit law(conflict creates interest) and then profit off of their blood. This capitolist engine's fuel is your kids (children)and its oil is innocent 3rd world pll. Time 2 armup and wash our land w/ corporate blood

[Lawrence818]

I love LINK T.V.!

[cycimian]

Back Yard? anyone care to take a dip?

[WorldIssues2000]

There is plenty, google or youtube:

- War on Democracy (Documentary by John Pilger)

- Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (Book by John Perkins)

- John Perkins Interviews

- Democracy Now (internet news program) look under August 5 2008, it is a report on how Chevron is trying to lobby the US Gov to force the Ecuadorian Gov to stop a 12 Billion dollar lawsuit against it for damaging the rain forest.

[omerta926]

neglected by the US?? latin america has never been neglected by the US, it has been pillaged, raped, and exploited heavily by U.S. corporations. the peoples of latin america have been butchered en masse with the backing of the US. to say it has been neglected is a gross understatement and is misleading.

[mcgrawHNIC]

fuckin a. and if you can enlighten me more on that issue, i´d appreciate it... if you can tell me about books, links in the net with thruthfull info i thank you in advance. peace

[WorldIssues2000]

There is plenty, google or youtube:

- War on Democracy (Documentary by John Pilger)

- Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (Book by John Perkins)

- John Perkins Interviews

- Democracy Now (internet news program) look under August 5 2008, it is a report on how Chevron is trying to lobby the US Gov to force the Ecuadorian Gov to stop a 12 Billion dollar lawsuit against it for damaging the rain forest.

[pirbird14]

Right here on Youtube, there is a 12 part series by Frank Dorel "The War on the Third World", which seems to have been edited in 1998. This was before the US had invaded Iraq and was merely starving the country with embargoes.

There is also "The Secret governemtn", produced when Bill Moyers was still a serious journalist.

There is also "The Sovereign State of IT&T." The role of the AT&T in the Chilean coup of 1973 had just been revealed, and was included in the last chapter.

[pirbird14]

Then there is also "Secrets of the CIA", a documentary based on declassified documents and reports from ex-CIA members.

"CIA Diaries: Inside the Company" by ex-CIA officer Phillip Agee is a classic.

[mcgrawHNIC]

thank you very much :)

peace

[pirbird14]

How could I have forgotten "Covert Action Quarterly", which has been documenting this stuff for decades! Google it.

btw I am not a peacenik. I believe we have the right to defend ourselves. As George Orwell once pointed out, Gandhi's methods don't work against fascists. Google "Orwell" and "Gandhi" to find his famous essay. Also, "peace and love" has never worked for women stuck in situations of domestic violence." Of course, I don't advocate the wanton use of force, just self-defence.

[mcgrawHNIC]

I totally agree with you :D but that's my way of saying goodbye, although i do believe in peace and justice..i'm not the type that advocates the "other cheek" motto, but i, and that's what i really do, always try to solve things talking. peace and thanks again for the info.

[pirbird14]

Yah, I figured as much; but, I like to spread the "inconvenient truth" about Gandhi, the Dalai Lama, and Martin Luther King as widely as possible.

More info: "War is a Racket" by Major General Smedley Butler for the historic role of the US military as "muscle for big business" and check out his bio on Wikipedia.

Also, Corporate Watch has various reports on businesses hiring private armies to protect their interests in the Third World.