Trump Threatens Colombia, 'Sounds Good' to Who, Exactly?
According to Al Jazeera, Trump stated that a military operation focused on Colombia's current government 'sounds good' to him, and that Cuba 'looks like it's ready to fall.' This casual endorsement of regime change isn't new. For decades, US foreign policy in Latin America has been a revolving door of covert ops and economic strangulation, from backing coups against democratically elected leaders
like Chile's Allende (1973) to the Bay of Pigs invasion (1961). The Monroe Doctrine, you see, never truly retired; it just got a social media manager. One might wonder who benefits when these 'struggling' nations are destabilized. Instead of genuinely celebrating independence movements or addressing the root causes of instability (like, say, American corporate exploitation or drug demand), Uncle
Sam invariably flexes his muscle. When Trump states it 'sounds good,' remember the historical context: it often sounds good to the corporations whose interests are 'protected' by installing more pliable regimes, not to the civilians who endure the ensuing chaos. How many sovereign countries must suffer 'freedom' at the barrel of a foreign gun before we admit this isn't about democracy, but rather
about dollars and dominance?