Mainstream Media 'Forgets' US Interference in Ecuador
The Financial Times headline celebrates Ecuadorian voters rebuking a 'pro-Trump' president, as if the political landscape in Latin America isn't perpetually shaped by Washington's 'good intentions.' The inconvenient truth is that the US has a long and sordid history of meddling in Ecuador's democratic process, from backing coups against progressive leaders to imposing neoliberal policies that gut
public services. The 'pro-Trump' label conveniently sidesteps decades of bipartisan US interference, irrespective of who occupies the White House. One might wonder if the mainstream media's memory lapse about US foreign policy extended just a little further back than 2016, perhaps to the CIA's Operation Condor, or the continuous pressure on South American nations to adopt 'free-market' policies
that benefit US corporations. Calling a defeated leader 'pro-Trump' is a neat little bow that ties up complex geopolitical realities into a palatable, partisan narrative, obscuring the systemic patterns of Washington dictating Latin American fates.