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America is a 🍌 Banana 🍌 Republic -- Chris Hedges [View all]
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/america-is-a-banana-republic-readEl Presidente Donald Trump is the gringo version of brutal and corrupt dictators foisted on Latin American countries by their oligarchs and Yankee imperialists.
CHRIS HEDGES
NOV 14, 2025
Video (reading) and full transcript at the link.
Read by Eunice Wong
Hard to excerpt, so go read it or listen.
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