As explosions rocked Caracas this week during Operation Absolute Resolve, young activists across Latin America recognized a grim pattern: 🇺🇸 U.S. military intervention dressed as democracy promotion. From Guatemala in 1954 to Venezuela in 2026, Washington's playbook remains strikingly consistent.
🚨 The Regime-Change Playbook
The January 3 strikes follow decades of interventions where 'troublesome governments' became targets. Remember when Guatemala's President Arbenz tried land reform in 1954? 💼 United Fruit Company profits mattered more than 200,000 indigenous lives lost in the ensuing civil war.
🇨🇱 Chile's Neoliberal Lab
Salvador Allende's 1973 overthrow birthed both Pinochet's dictatorship and extreme free-market experiments. Students today still study how U.S.-backed shock therapy reshaped societies.
💣 Nicaragua's Forgotten War
When Sandinistas toppled a U.S.-friendly dictator, Washington funded rebels who mined their own harbors – collapsing Nicaragua's economy to 1980s rubble.
🌴 Panama's Canal Bloodshed
The 1989 invasion killed 500 Panamanians but secured canal control. Sound familiar? As Venezuelans rebuild in 2026, many ask: Whose stability matters?
From CIA coups to drone strikes, the human cost keeps mounting. 📉 While TikTok trends come and go, Latin America's fight for self-determination remains one of history's longest-running stories.
