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The military coup in Argentina wassupported by the United States military. Reportseven came in of the United States Secretary ofState at the time, Henry Kissinger, telling itsleaders to get the coup done quickly beforehuman rights activists in the United States wereable to report human rights abuses.Those put in power by the coupremained in power until the democratic electionof Raul Alfonsin as President in 1983.PanamaConstruction of the Panama Canal beganin 1881 and was finished in 1914 by USengineering companies. In 1904, the UnitedStates had taken over the construction of thecanal and in the process had put the land underUS command (the land was not returned until272000).At the time, Panama was under thepolitical control of a relatively popular leader,Omar Torrijos, who had taken power in 1969and instituted many public works programs to28benefit lower class Panamanians. In 1981, hewas involved in a fatal plane crash, and many27 Theodore Roosevelt's Third State of the Union Address, 1903.28 Richey, Warren. “Noriega Strategy Unfolds Attorneys Hope To Drag PastU.S. Role Into Trial.” South Florida Sun Sentinel , 1 May 1991,www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1991-05-01-9101220014-story.html.since have speculated that the United States wasindeed involved in the cause of the crash.After Torrijos death, Manuel Noriegatook control of the country in a coup supportedby the United States military since Noriega hadsided with the US in negotiations for the land inwhich the Panama Canal is. In power, Noriegareceived funding from drug pushers andreceived protection from the Drug EnforcementAgency because of his close relations with the29United States CIA.Even so, US President George H. W.Bush declared that the US would no longersupport a drug trafficker, which caused the USinvasion of Panama.VenezuelaIn 2013, after a chaotic Presidency (and areported US coup in 2002), VenezuelanPresident Hugo Chavez died in office, leavinghis succession of office to Nicolas Maduro.Under Maduro, more than four millionVenezuelans have been forced to flee thecountry due to public military exercises and anestimated number of 9,000 people have been30killed. Maduro has had the lowest approval29 Richey, Warren. “Noriega Strategy Unfolds Attorneys Hope To Drag PastU.S. Role Into Trial.” South Florida Sun Sentinel , 1 May 1991,www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1991-05-01-9101220014-story.html.30 Cumming-Bruce, Nick. “Venezuelan 'Death Squads' Killed Thousands andCovered It up, UN Says.” The Independent, Independent Digital News andMedia, 5 July 2019,13
rating of any political leader in the country’shistory (14%), and after an election with thelowest voter turnout in history, Maduro wasreelected. However, many leaders across theworld did not recognize his win, and in 2018,Juan Guaido declared himself acting President.31The political unrest continues today, with USofficials stating in 2019 that they were intent onremoving Maduro from office, through32whatever means necessary.All of these are very clear examples ofthe United States’ continued imperialism andcolonialism, especially in countries with alreadyfragile political systems because of past colonialactions. ◻www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/venezuela-death-squads-special-action-forces-killed-thousands-un-a8989616.html.31 Wyss, Jim. “'The Chain of Command Is Broken,' Guaido Tells Supportersupon His Return to Venezuela.” TribLIVE, 4 Mar. 2019,triblive.com/news/world/the-chain-of-command-is-broken-guaido-tells-supporters-upon-his-return-to-venezuela/.32 Stevenson, Chris. “Venezuela State Uses Tear Gas on Protestors as PompeoThreatens US Military Action.” The Independent, Independent Digital Newsand Media, 1 May 2019,www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/venezuela-news-update-live-us-military-guaido-maduro-protest-latest-coup-uprising-a8895041.html.14
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