It is no surprise that right-wing governments in Latin American countries like Colombia and Brazil are going along with an US attempt to overthrow a left-wing regime. (The suport of Brazil’s new neo-fascist president, Jair Bolsonaro, was a foregone conclusion.) But it is shocking when Canada, the United Kingdome, France, Germany and Spain also back this sort of intervention in another country’s internal affairs.
It is no surprise that right-wing governments in Latin American countries like Colombia and Brazil are going along with a US attempt to overthrow a left-wing regime. (The support of Brazil’s new neo-fascist president, Jair Bolsonaro, was a foregone conclusion.) But it is shocking when Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Spain also back this sort of intervention in another country’s internal affairs.