US Worried Others Might Adopt Its 'Diplomacy' Tactics?
The US has a long, storied tradition of 'intervening' in Latin American sovereignty, a history routinely memory-holed by mainstream outlets. From the Monroe Doctrine declaring the Western Hemisphere US property to multiple coups and invasions—Chile's 1973 coup backed by the CIA, the invasion of Panama in 1989 to depose Manuel Noriega, or orchestrating the 2002 coup attempt against Hugo Chávez in
Venezuela—America's 'abduction' playbook is well-thumbed. Each instance, of course, was framed as a righteous defense of 'democracy' or 'national security.' One might justifiably ask, how many times does 'US intervention' need to happen before it stops being a 'new fear' and starts being a documented pattern?