I found this interview to be immensely important. It brought to mind the book “Bad Mexicans” which traces the fomenting of the Mexican Revolution preceded by the corrupt Porfirio Diaz opening northern Sonora to US corporate resource pillagers who exploited Indigenous people as workers & all that entailed. This quote stood out to me given how the student encampments ripped off the scab of US globalized genocide!
“The Diaz regime picked up Roosevelt’s “big stick,” acting as a proxy state to enforce U.S. interests across Latin America. In other words, the expansion of U.S. economic and political might was hatched in Mexico and, from there, projected across the Americas and, from there, around the world. Diaz’s Mexico was the “laboratory” of U.S. imperialism.
Kelly Lytle Hernández — RACE, EMPIRE & REVOLUTION THE BORDERLANDS: BAD MEXICANS
EXCELLENT BOOKS BY WOMEN NEED TO BE UPLIFTED. Students camping to end Genocide in GAZA really gave voice to this SILENCED TRUTH ON A GLOBAL SCALE! We must stop this insanity threatening all of life!
Sounds interesting. All of Latin America is endlessly fascinating. FWIW...it only took 10 minutes to cross back to AZ through the Nogales border Wednesday morning about 8:15AM.
I asked what light her reporting on military dictatorships in Latin America could shed on the present moment in the United States. She said that she felt it was a very different context and one that she wasn't prepared to comment on.
Thanks so much for the response. Kind of a bummer, because it feels as though Bukele is very much the next generation, and both the similarities and differences are telling.
I found this interview to be immensely important. It brought to mind the book “Bad Mexicans” which traces the fomenting of the Mexican Revolution preceded by the corrupt Porfirio Diaz opening northern Sonora to US corporate resource pillagers who exploited Indigenous people as workers & all that entailed. This quote stood out to me given how the student encampments ripped off the scab of US globalized genocide!
“The Diaz regime picked up Roosevelt’s “big stick,” acting as a proxy state to enforce U.S. interests across Latin America. In other words, the expansion of U.S. economic and political might was hatched in Mexico and, from there, projected across the Americas and, from there, around the world. Diaz’s Mexico was the “laboratory” of U.S. imperialism.
Kelly Lytle Hernández — RACE, EMPIRE & REVOLUTION THE BORDERLANDS: BAD MEXICANS
EXCELLENT BOOKS BY WOMEN NEED TO BE UPLIFTED. Students camping to end Genocide in GAZA really gave voice to this SILENCED TRUTH ON A GLOBAL SCALE! We must stop this insanity threatening all of life!
Agreed, Bad Mexicans is a great book! Thanks for making the connection between them—and the current repression against protesters.
I want more of this story. Kind regards...
Thanks for reading!
Sounds interesting. All of Latin America is endlessly fascinating. FWIW...it only took 10 minutes to cross back to AZ through the Nogales border Wednesday morning about 8:15AM.
Driving or walking? It was similar for me (on foot) on Sunday evening.
Driving. I was shocked.
Impressive!
I usually stay in Santa Ana on my way back from my place in Alamos. Gonna remember "Wednesday...8AM". Appointment en la Frontera.
Did the reporter ask about Trump, Bukele and CECOT?
I asked what light her reporting on military dictatorships in Latin America could shed on the present moment in the United States. She said that she felt it was a very different context and one that she wasn't prepared to comment on.
Thanks so much for the response. Kind of a bummer, because it feels as though Bukele is very much the next generation, and both the similarities and differences are telling.
Trajectory of horror!
yes, very much agreed that Bukele is the next generation.