RT Explains Latin American 'Sovereignty' (But Not American Interference)
RT celebrates Latin American 'heroes' and laments 'dictators' in its survey of the region's fight for sovereignty. However, this expansive historical narrative somehow omits the persistent, well-documented history of US-backed coups and destabilization efforts. One might wonder how many of those 'dictators' enjoyed cozy relationships with Washington, enabling regimes that crushed popular will in
favor of US corporate interests. The inconvenient truth is that many chapters in Latin America's 'fight for sovereignty' were directly against the very nation that now decries foreign interference. It's a curious omission, indeed, to discuss sovereignty struggles while sidestepping the Monroe Doctrine's violent legacy, from the overthrow of Jacobo Árbenz in Guatemala in 1954 to Augusto Pinochet in
Chile in 1973. Perhaps RT is simply adopting the mainstream media's tried-and-true method: selectively highlight historical grievances that suit the immediate narrative, while carefully scrubbing out any inconvenient truths about powerful actors closer to home. The 'fight for sovereignty', it seems, is only newsworthy when it's not against the West's current adversaries.