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Central America have a very, very different perspective about the US government and military than what most people in the US think about ourselves. Rejecting these bases is a good thing in the long run because the bases would become a never ending springboard for pressure campaigns politically.

My critiques about media and wasted opportunities to inform are a constant with me. There are topics that big media just will never really get into except on a superficial level. Our history of f'ng around with the countries in South America is one of those topics. Once in a great while someone will do something small about El Salvador or Nicaragua but not much else. Even with Kissinger in Chile most of that story is still not covered except in passing.

Put simply when we hear about the death squads, repression and torture the US has been a co-conspirator, supplier and strategist for these actions for many, many decades propping up the wealthy corporations, landowners and right wing militias enforcing the subjugation of people. Ken Burns could do a whole season on South America alone and then 2 more on Central America and the Caribbean.