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U.S. Military Involvement in Latin America: Guns, No Butter

October 10, 2008

By FRIDA BERRIGAN and JONATHAN WINGO World Policy Institute Spring 2006   While President George W. Bush is in Latin America to push his controversial free trade agenda, there is another type of trade to be concerned about. U.S. military aid, training and arms sales to the region have all increased sharply since the...
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Torture a Historic Tool of U.S. Foreign Policy

October 10, 2008

By NAOMI KLEIN The following article appeared in the December 10, 2005 edition of The Guardian   The United States has used torture for decades. All that’s new is the openness about it. By ignoring past abuses, opponents of torture are in danger of pushing it back into the shadows instead of abolishing it....
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A Season of Repentance, A Season of Hope

October 10, 2008

By Scott Wright 2006 Spring With this issue of Signs of the Times in the Americas, we want to contribute to building a stronger network of Faith and Solidarity in the Americas, and to invite your support for this endeavor. In times like these, marked by the globalization of economic and military violence, we...
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School of the Americas Key to U.S. Latin American Policy

October 25, 2004

Latin America and the Global War on Terror Since 9/11, a seismic shift has occurred in U.S. foreign policy – not so much in its objectives, or even in its practice, but rather what was done secretly and denied is now done openly and justified. In the words of Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes, “U.S....
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