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Before There Was Nicolas Maduro, There Was Cipriano Castro

Foreign commercial and political machinations, especially U.S. actors and financiers, produced debt, violence, and international intervention in early-20th-century Venezuela.

fromWIRED

1 day ago

The 3 Keys to Understanding Trump's Retro Coup in Venezuela

Donald Trump is hardly the first US president to look south and conquer. Over the last century, no fewer than a dozen of Trump's predecessors embraced the belief that democracy and profit in Latin America were only one successful coup d'état away. But the particular strain of imperial ambition that Trump appears to have set loose with this weekend's raid in Venezuela appears simultaneously to be deeply atavistic and uniquely Trumpian. And it's one that doesn't look set to die down anytime soon.

US politics

World politics

from48 hills

2 days ago

Venezuela protests this weekend are part of a long history in San Francisco - 48 hills

Bay Area protesters continue a longstanding tradition of resisting U.S. interventions and imperialism in Latin America.

World politics

fromFuncheap

3 months ago

Free Talk: US-Mexico Imperialism + New Pamphlet (Berkeley)

U.S. domination of Mexico is imperialist, parasitic, and historically entrenched, extracting resources and exploiting Mexican labor and sovereignty for U.S. interests.

Books

fromFuncheap

5 months ago

Free "Pancho Villa" Book Launch + Filipino Boxing Showcase & Free Food (SF)

Pancho Villa became the first Asian flyweight world champion in 1923, shaping Filipino boxing history and resisting U.S. imperialism.