Why did the USA give political, economic and military support to the South American fascist governments?

December 29, 2009 by usatravel · 11 Comments
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aquazul asked:

Those regimes were brutal; violated human rights constantly; assassinated thousands of opponents; tortured; many thousands of people disappeared without a trace. Everything done with the blessing of the USA.

Is there any good excuse for that? I cannot think of a single one, but you might think of one.

Thanks a lot.

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11 Responses to “Why did the USA give political, economic and military support to the South American fascist governments?”
  1. not Prince Hamlet says:
    January 1, 2010 at 9:59 am

    Something to do with drugs. [who]

  2. rukidding says:
    January 2, 2010 at 6:00 pm

    But when Obama starts doing it, it will somehow be OK, won’t it? C’mon…h-y-p-o-c-r-i-t-e. [who]

  3. Dana P says:
    January 3, 2010 at 10:39 pm

    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

    …it makes the world go round. [who]

  4. Broken Veteran says:
    January 7, 2010 at 5:16 am

    I was in Grenada, Nicaragua, El Salvidor, and Panama.
    I still don’t know why I went there.
    Or Kuwait.
    It is all a blur to me now… [who]

  5. erikgriffith says:
    January 7, 2010 at 11:20 pm

    The simple answer is a US strategy called containment. With the rise of communism in Cuba and the subsequent intellectual deployment of Che Guevera and other guerilla strategists as attaches to Central and South America, the US became concerned about the spread of communism to the continent. Backing fascist as you call them, helped keep the communist forces from gaining strongholds in bordering continents. This same strategy failed miserably in southeast asia. As history shows us our enemies enemy is always our friend as long as we have the common enemy. [who]

  6. Travis Anderson says:
    January 8, 2010 at 2:37 am

    Well, being that I’m feeling kind of lazy today, I’ll copy and paste what I copied and pasted from a doccument on my computer to another question
    (I hope you don’t mind).

    It’s about the CIA supported overthrowings of often democratically elected presidents in (now 3rd world) countries and other acts from the worlds most dangerous terrorist organization.

    ———————-
    1954
    Guatemala — CIA overthrows the democratically elected Jacob Arbenz in a military coup. Arbenz has threatened to nationalize the Rockefeller-owned United Fruit Company, in which CIA Director Allen Dulles also owns stock. Arbenz is replaced with a series of right-wing dictators whose bloodthirsty policies will kill over 100,000 Guatemalans in the next 40 years.

    1957-1973
    Laos — The CIA carries out approximately one coup per year trying to nullify Laos? democratic elections. The problem is the Pathet Lao, a leftist group with enough popular support to be a member of any coalition government. In the late 50s, the CIA even creates an “Armee Clandestine” of Asian mercenaries to attack the Pathet Lao. After the CIA’s army suffers numerous defeats, the U.S. starts bombing, dropping more bombs on Laos than all the U.S. bombs dropped in World War II. A quarter of all Laotians will eventually become refugees, many living in caves.

    1959
    Haiti — The U.S. military helps “Papa Doc” Duvalier become dictator of Haiti. He creates his own private police force, the “Tonton Macoutes,” who terrorize the population with machetes. They will kill over 100,000 during the Duvalier family reign. The U.S. does not protest their dismal human rights record.

    1961
    Dominican Republic — The CIA assassinates Rafael Trujillo, a murderous dictator Washington has supported since 1930. Trujillo’s business interests have grown so large (about 60 percent of the economy) that they have begun competing with American business interests.

    1963
    Dominican Republic — The CIA overthrows the democratically elected Juan Bosch in a military coup. The CIA installs a repressive, right-wing junta.

    1965
    Indonesia — The CIA overthrows the democratically elected Sukarno with a military coup. The CIA has been trying to eliminate Sukarno since 1957, using everything from attempted assassination to sexual intrigue, for nothing more than his declaring neutrality in the Cold War. His successor, General Suharto, will massacre between 500,000 to 1 million civilians accused of being “communist.” The CIA supplies the names of countless suspects.

    1967
    Operation PHEONIX — The CIA helps South Vietnamese agents identify and then murder alleged Viet Cong leaders operating in South Vietnamese villages. According to a 1971 congressional report, this operation killed about 20,000 “Viet Cong.”

    1968
    Bolivia — A CIA-organized military operation captures Che Guevara. The CIA wants to keep him alive for interrogation, but the Bolivian government executes him to prevent worldwide calls for clemency.

    1970
    Cambodia — The CIA overthrows Prince Sahounek, who is highly popular among Cambodians for keeping them out of the Vietnam War. He is replaced by CIA puppet Lon Nol, who immediately throws Cambodian troops into battle. This unpopular move strengthens once minor opposition parties like the Khmer Rouge, which achieves power in 1975 and massacres millions of its own people.

    It get’s worse, but you see the picture. [who]

  7. Kisshomaru says:
    January 11, 2010 at 12:13 pm

    Remembering that the USA is an extreme capitalist nation, where greed of both a personal and societal nature rules the ethos of said land, one might look at your posted question and carefully consider where a great many of the world’s remaining natural resources are.

    The supposed “Christian” nation of the USA would and has often sold it “soul” to the Devil himself for such in the past and has continued to do so into the present.

    The motto, “In God we trust” might best be understood to mean only if He has cash or a really good deal to offer…

    Be well. [who]

  8. #1 Palin Fan says:
    January 14, 2010 at 8:19 am

    They wanted the trains to run on time? [who]

  9. aaj says:
    January 17, 2010 at 3:08 am

    Political Expedience and naked self-interest.
    Copper
    bananas
    P. Canal
    Oil
    Sugar
    Dollars
    Dollars
    Dollars [who]

  10. Fortunata's Wisdom ©™ says:
    January 19, 2010 at 11:55 pm

    The USA is known to empower any terrorist activity in other nations, taking action only when it itself is threatened, literally encouraging civil war and unrest in other countries primarily for reasons of economic suppression and undermining state power in these nations. Keeping the competition or any potential rivals fighting amongst themselves deters progress and peace in those nations, giving America a ‘moral high ground’ by this unfair comparative. It’s the nature of politics per se …

    Israel, Russia, India,Europe, Asia and most progressing nations are retained in marred defamation in their inability to control their people and allay war and civil battling. America then plays guardian and ‘hero’ by offering monetary loans to those countries in self destruct mode. Its evil, media and politic and the major religions prosper in evil, if you eliminate the God fear factor and insert the world prostitute, it all suddenly makes sense. God, the Father and Creator has little involvement in such affairs … [who]

  11. Inez says:
    January 22, 2010 at 9:46 am

    Probably you are right, it’s really sad. It’s supposed to be a government of the people, for the people, & by the people. Yeah right! [who]

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