South America
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South America is a continent.
Contents
Terrorisation
During the 1970s the continent was hit by US foreign policy instruments such as Operation Condor which carried out many assassinations and forced disappearances.
US Backed Coups
Related Quotations
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rudi Dekkers | “A few months ago Rudi wanted to visit, drink some beers. But he never showed up. He said over the phone 'I've never been so poor in my life'. I saw him making beautiful trips to South America and Middle America. In light of recent developments, maybe you need to place questions at that.” | Rudi Dekkers Arne Kruithof | 2012 |
| Donald Trump | “When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people. But I speak to border guards and they tell us what we're getting. And it only makes common sense. It only makes common sense. They're sending us not the right people. It's coming from more than Mexico. It's coming from all over South and Latin America, and it's coming probably – probably – from the Middle East. But we don't know. Because we have no protection and we have no competence, we don't know what's happening. And it's got to stop and it's got to stop fast.” | Donald Trump | June 2015 |
Nation states
| Nation state | Description |
|---|---|
| Argentina | Second biggest country in South America. |
| Bolivia | Mountainous country in South America. Formerly part of the Spanish Empire. |
| Brazil | Very large and not particularly populous country which has made a priority of biofuels. |
| Chile | Spanish-speaking MEDC in South America. It occupies a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. |
| Colombia | Colombia is an important state in the trafficking of cocaine to North America. |
| Ecuador | Offered asylum to Julian Assange. |
| Guyana | The only UK colony on the mainland on South America. |
| Paraguay | |
| Peru | |
| Uruguay | |
| Venezuela | Venezuela possesses the world's largest oil reserves |
Event
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| Operation Condor | US-backed campaign of assassination and terrorisation carried out in South America. |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIA Media Operations in Chile, Jamaica, and Nicaragua | Article | 16 March 1982 | Fred Landis | How the CIA takes over the major newspaper in a country targeted for regime change, and uses it as an instrument of destabilization. The method is still very much used in 2021. |
