US Offers 'Help' to Ecuador, History Offers 'Regime Change'
Deutsche Welle asks if Ecuador will allow US troops on its soil, framing it as a response to a 'state of internal armed conflict.' What they neglect to mention is the long, documented history of US intervention in Latin America, often under the guise of 'stability' or 'anti-drug operations.' From Operation Condor backing dictatorships across South America to the explicit regime change in Guatemala
in 1954 (documented in declassified CIA files), the pattern is clear: US military presence often precedes a shift in political alignment, rarely for the benefit of the local populace. One might wonder if 'sending troops' means 'bolstering stability' or 'ensuring access to resources' for US corporations. The article highlights an 'increasingly violent drug trade,' yet sidesteps the US's own
culpability in fueling global drug markets. How many national crises have been 'solved' by foreign intervention only to result in decades of instability and resentment? Perhaps Ecuador should ask Libya, or Honduras, how well that worked out.