Some relevant history and data points (ie,. nuance) on Bolivia from The Grayzone The late Philip Agee, a one-time CIA case officer who became the agency’s first whistleblower, explained in his 1975 tell-all book how US intelligence traditionally relied on the recruitment of foreign military and police officers, including embassy attachés, as critical assets in regime change...
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30 Years Ago Today in El Salvador, US-Trained Soldiers Murdered 6 Jesuit Priests
The Jesuits today remember their martyred colleagues and friends with the observation: ‘The Gospel is dangerous: now as much as ever.’ The story of the Jesuit murders is essential to understanding U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere: It is hazardous to the people’s health. The Jesuit priests were scholars, defenders of the poor, and peacemakers....