» posted on 4:27am - March 03 2008 | posted by Necromaster

The War On Democracy

"Award winning journalist John Pilger examines the role of Washington in America's manipulation of Latin American politics during the last 50 years leading up to the struggle by ordinary people to free themselves from poverty and racism. Since the mid 19th Century Latin America has been the 'backyard' of the US, a collection of mostly vassal states whose compliant and often brutal regimes have reinforced the 'invisibility' of their majority peoples. The film reveals similar CIA policies to be continuing in Iraq, Iran and Lebanon. The rise of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez despite ongoing Washington backed efforts to unseat him in spite of his overwhelming mass popularity, is democratic in a way that we have forgotten or abandoned in the west. True Democracy being a solid 80% voter turnout in support of Chavez in over 6 elections.Written by David Blake"

If your interested in American involvement in South American politics/economy check this documentary out. A lot of what is cover in this film is writen about in much more detail by Naomi Klein in her booked "The Shock Doctrine". (I haven't gotten through it all yet but so far its a great book)

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