CIA coup map

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[–]Valok 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

That the US was eager to stomp on the communists here I have no doubt, it was the cold war after all, but what have they actually done? A ship was sent with some gas to São Paulo I think but the gas was not even given, the Governor of the state ended up paying for the gas out of his OWN pocket after asking for a lend from a cousin I believe who was a banker (Also I dont recall now but I'm not even sure that gas ended up being used).

Now, lets take a moment and compare that awesome "backing" with what the other side had in hands.. you have cuban/soviet agents arrested all over the country, communist activists were sent to Cuba for guerrilla training, some pockets of communist armed resistance being formed on the interior in some states, documents found on former soviet countries showing the names of agents, sympathizers, operations, etc. The video I linked shows all those documents and much more.

Sorry but no, I'm not trying to be disrespectful or to insult you or anyone else but here the US did fuck all. It does not deserve any "credit".

[–]Tom_Bombadil 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not insulted, bro. This is good stuff. ;-)