Unruffled [they/them]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 10 days agoThe Global South has the right to defend itself.hexbear.netimagemessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up1230arrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
arrow-up1222arrow-down1imageThe Global South has the right to defend itself.hexbear.netUnruffled [they/them]@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Flippanarchy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square57linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
minus-squaremasquenox@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 days agoNever mind the fact that the only reason the CIA’s boy - Noriega - came to power in Panama was thanks to the assassination of Omar Torrijos… almost certainly at the hands of the CIA.
minus-squareHyperrealism@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoHis son Martín Torrijos was also president for a bit. Elected, not a dictator. The Trump administration revoked his visa a few months ago. Basically a warning not to criticise the US government. So I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s one of the next interventions. Venezuela, Cuba, Columbia, Mexico, Panama, … On the bright side as a European, perhaps this will keep Trump distracted for a few years, before he starts bombing Greenland and Denmark.
Never mind the fact that the only reason the CIA’s boy - Noriega - came to power in Panama was thanks to the assassination of Omar Torrijos… almost certainly at the hands of the CIA.
His son Martín Torrijos was also president for a bit. Elected, not a dictator.
The Trump administration revoked his visa a few months ago. Basically a warning not to criticise the US government.
So I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s one of the next interventions. Venezuela, Cuba, Columbia, Mexico, Panama, …
On the bright side as a European, perhaps this will keep Trump distracted for a few years, before he starts bombing Greenland and Denmark.