From 6efef7f6dd5667256dca6157166698eb77216708 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nate B <43703496+NB419@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 15:54:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Create us_interventionism.md --- imperialism/us_interventionism.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 imperialism/us_interventionism.md diff --git a/imperialism/us_interventionism.md b/imperialism/us_interventionism.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bfa31d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/imperialism/us_interventionism.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +## U.S. Interventionism + +#### Interventionism has a detrimental impact: it starts civil wars, kills hundreds of thousands, generates migrant crises, fuels poverty and gang violence, and supports dictators. + +* [Vice: Kazdin 18](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qvnyzq/central-america-atrocities-caused-immigration-crisis) (various sources included) + * Central American devastation and refugee crisis was created or at least helped by the** US’s interference in those countries** going back decades + * 1954 Guatemala CIA Coup (Elizabeth Oglesby, professor of Latin American studies, University of Arizona) + * Overthrew democratic government + * continued to train the Guatemalan military well into the 70s + * an estimated **200,000 were killed** + * Sparked a **36-year-long civil war** + * **hundreds of thousands of people were displaced** + * Late 70s US Opposition in Nicaragua + * A Nicaraguan resistance group overthrew the country’s dictatorship that had been in power for over 40 years + * the US opposed the revolution, **backed the dictatorship**, and supported the Contra rebels + * El Salvador, Cold War Era (Xochitl Sanchez of the Central American Resource Center, Los Angeles) + * The US amplified its presence in the region in order to defeat the guerrillas of the FMLN + * Created the rampant and **bloody gang violence**, **dire poverty**, **displacement** and migration from El Salvador. + +#### Read more: +This is just a brief overview of some of the U.S.’ most famous Latin American interventions. RockyDerFailure#6781 has a MASSIVE list of a variety of worldwide interventions [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o3UycdBFOziaBxEtoEuUaC_NuJPfQlDsMA4YA1KRlkM/edit).