The history of U.S. invasion and occupation in the region is long and unlamented.
By Karen DeYoung Karen DeYoung Associate editor and senior national security correspondent Email Bio Follow May 9 at 7:00 AM When Vice President Pence delivered a punchline on Venezuela to an audience of Latin American business leaders and government officials this week, the silence was deafening.
The history of U.S. invasion and occupation in the region, along with covert involvement in regime change, is long and unlamented. Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Haiti, Cuba, Chile, and more. Even those leaders who might be happy to see Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ousted with U.S. force believe there would be a heavy price to pay among their own constituents.
One official compared it to psychological operations, a conflict being fought only “in social media, newspapers, television, etc.” The only thing standing in the way, the administration has argued, is socialism in Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.Some regional experts have argued that Trump’s immigration policies, his slashing of democracy aid to the region, and his general lack of interest have instead promoted a lean toward authoritarianism.
“Countries were assigned to take a role and reach out — to Russia, to Cuba, to the Contact Group.” Immediately after release of the latest Lima communique Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau telephoned Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel. The next day, European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, on behalf of the Contact Group, spoke with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez.
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