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(DIR) Post #B1u8yT1FQTYBcW2ZZA by joachim@boitam.eu
2026-01-03T09:45:00Z
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Venezuela, 2026
(DIR) Post #B1u8yUCH2xxrH0CtOK by lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br
2026-01-03T10:07:55Z
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important distinction: what happened today was not (just) a coup attempt, it was a military invasion. IIUC the US had never done any of the latter in Latin America, it's a first.
(DIR) Post #B1uCIEFAN1fbRtfJsO by henstridge@mstdn.social
2026-01-03T10:29:14Z
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@joachim I'm guessing Ecuador and Costa Rica had no natural resources worth stealing
(DIR) Post #B1uCIFeN8nQVoMSxns by lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br
2026-01-03T10:45:06Z
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that list is not complete (outdated, maybe?). US participated in the Brazilian 2016 coup, for one. I'm pretty sure there was meddling in elections in Ecuador. dunno about Costa Rica, but IIRC it has been historically sympathetic to US interests.CC: @joachim@boitam.eu
(DIR) Post #B1uNgaUIPzOuspYmae by joachim@boitam.eu
2026-01-03T10:32:27Z
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@lxo you’re right!
(DIR) Post #B1uNgbdY94OgRotgeW by lienrag@mastodon.tedomum.net
2026-01-03T11:22:30Z
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@joachim @lxo What ?They invaded Panama in 1989¹, and led multiple invasions before WWII.¹I remember at the time how the usual useful idiots mocked that the Cuban TV covered this much more than Timisoara, which happened at the same time.Obviously European TVs and newspapers didn't make this mistake.But we learned later that the Panama Invasion killed more than 3000 people when Timisoara killed less than 1000...
(DIR) Post #B1uNgcgQFsHzh1FUlk by lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br
2026-01-03T12:52:26Z
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hmm, indeed, I stand corrected. maybe it was South America that had been spared, rather than all of Latin America, then?CC: @joachim@boitam.eu, @znalo@librem.one