[THREAD NECRO] Evo Morales has proved that socialism doesn’t damage economies

[buka001]

I wonder if the good old CIA was carrying out some Cold War nostalgia down in South America.

 

[BBSA]

I wonder if the good old CIA was carrying out some Cold War nostalgia down in South America.

 

[buka001]

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United States involvement in regime change in Latin America - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Alan]

Reminds me of this from Salon.

Hugo Chavez's economic miracle

 

[Nanfeishen]

I wonder if the good old CIA was carrying out some Cold War nostalgia down in South America.

Wouldnt surprise me in the least.
There is no evidence to support the idea they ever stopped after the cold war ended.
The US has been interfering in Central and South America for over 120 years.

In the slightly less than a hundred years from 1898 to 1994, the U.S. government has intervened successfully to change governments in Latin America a total of at least 41 times. That amounts to once every 28 months for an entire century

United States Interventions

In the slightly less than a hundred years from 1898 to 1994, the U.S. government has intervened successfully to change governments in Latin America a total of at least 41 times...

revista.drclas.harvard.edu

Before Venezuela, US had long involvement in Latin America

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accuses the United States of trying to orchestrate a coup against him, and that allegation has resonance among many in a region where Washington has a long history of interventions — military and otherwise...

apnews.com

 

[Gordon_R]

Not just resigned, but gone into exile, claiming a 'coup' by the opposition:

Bolivia crisis: Evo Morales arrives in Mexico for political asylum

Evo Morales, who resigned as president on Sunday, lands in Mexico, where he has been offered asylum.

www.bbc.com

 

[saturnz]

The US government has been terrorising Central and South America for over 120 years.

FTFY

 

[rietrot]

I'm going to play Devil's Advocate - the problem was his authoritarianism and fraud, not socialism. You get authoritarian left wing governments and authoritarian right wing governments. This just proves that authoritarianism and fraud are not limited to right wing governments.

It sounds like they did get impressive economic growth for a while, even if they are still poor. Likely better than South Africa's economic growth.

Socialism relies on the government to be in charge of everything, it's not possible to do that in a non authoritative way. That's why it will always grow too big and fail.

I wonder if the good old CIA was carrying out some Cold War nostalgia down in South America.

Yeah especially if you look at how they're currently trying to destabilise Chile. There's definitely still some elements in the US deep state that don't like competition from strong independent countries.