Oscar Arias, the president of Costa Rica and the man who will serve as mediator of the crisis in Honduras, wrote in a July 10 op-ed in the Miami Herald, “This coup demonstrates, once more, that the combination of powerful militaries and fragile democracies creates a terrible risk.” Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
Ross looks critically at the military solutions applied to Latin America, and sees that the solutions are the problem.
“Despite pervasive problems of poverty in Latin America, the United States’ focus on military rather than economic aid to the region is increasing,” he quoted Lisa Haugaard of LAWGEF as stating.
If he wasn’t so darned positive, this Nobel Peace Prize winner might have pointed out the Pentagon historically has been funding those responsible for shredding Latin societies by terror and violence.
after years of spreading terror and death across Latin America, the CIA needs to be removed from that continent and dissolved. If the American people tried this approach, their reputation and standing would soar across Latin America. Powerful militaries do not make good neighbors.
Close the School of the Americas, whatever they change it's name to.