Chomsky on US interventions in Latin America (aka, war on democracy)

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"All of us must now renew the common stake that we have in one another. I know that promises of partnership have gone unfulfilled in the past, and that trust has to be earned over time. While the United States has done much to promote peace and prosperity in the hemisphere, we have at times been disengaged, and at times we sought to dictate our terms. But I pledge to you that we seek an equal partnership. (Applause.) There is no senior partner and junior partner in our relations; there is simply engagement based on mutual respect and common interests and shared values. So I'm here to launch a new chapter of engagement that will be sustained throughout my administration. (Applause.)

-- Barack Obama, remarks at the Summit of the Americas, Tobago, April 1, 2009


History of US Rule in Latin America:
Resistance to the Coup in Honduras
by Noam Chomsky

Following the video is an edited partial transcript from Chomsky’s presentation. The video is one hour, 15 minutes and covers a speech that Chomsky made on December 15.

http://hondurasoye.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/video-chomsky-history-of-us-rule-in-latam-resistance-to-honduras-coup/

(Students of LatAm will want to see the whole presentation. In the first 15 minutes or so, Professor Chomsky runs down the actions of four American Presidents who were also Nobel Laureates.)

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1. K & R

Nothing ever really changes.x(

[EFerrari]

2. Chomsky's grasp of our history is amazing to me.

:)

[Kalun D]

3. Hey

the filthy fascist greed pig multinational corpse(sic) can't make as many greed pig dollars under democracies, they need dictatorships.

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4. k&r

[EFerrari]

5. Imho, this is one of Chomsky's clearest, most brilliant lectures.

Sometimes he gets so abstract that I have a hard time following him. This one, wow.

[Vidar]

6. K&R.

[Flaneur]

7. Chomsky is always worth listening to.