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busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
Fri Dec 14, 2018, 10:20 PM Dec 2018

Again! the Same Fucking Story...We've been through before..

The little beautiful 7 year old Guatemala Girl who died in Border Patrol Custody...?

United States was very much involved in overthrowing an elected Dem govt. by backing a Right Wing Col. who led his military in overthrowing a Democratically elected President Jacobo Arbenez ..

This led to at least 200,000 deaths in 36 years from1960-1969 83% of the deaths were native Mayan..

1999 UN Report stated that 93% of violence and Human Rights Violations were carried out by State forces and Military..

One can be sure that the overwhelming current crime situation in Guatemala was generated by the events of Civil War which certainly can be traced to Right Wing America

I wrote this very quickly... The below Link is more specific..

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/latin_america-jan-june11-timeline_03-07

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Again! the Same Fucking Story...We've been through before.. (Original Post) busterbrown Dec 2018 OP
I believe it's called "blowback". fierywoman Dec 2018 #1
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