La historia, tal como se entiende en la mayoría de los países occidentales, a menudo omite capítulos importantes que dejan espacios cruciales en la historia del surgimiento de los países modernos. En Latinoamérica, en el siglo XX, se reconocen episodios de guerrillas y juntas militares, junto con representaciones de la guerra contra las drogas, generalmente representadas en la cultura popular.
Lo que se omite, sin embargo, es la participación clandestina de las agencias de inteligencia estadounidenses, incluidas la CIA y la DEA, y cómo sus operaciones de tráfico de drogas estaban íntimamente ligadas a las brigadas anticomunistas latinoamericanas financiadas por el capital occidental durante la Guerra Fría, y la liquidación a menudo brutal de la izquierda que llevaron a cabo estos narcoterroristas.
Maureen Tkacik, editora de investigaciones de The American Prospect, se une al presentador Chris Hedges en este episodio de The Chris Hedges Report , para hacer una crónica de algunos de estos capítulos faltantes, incluidos los relacionados con el actual Secretario de Estado y Asesor de Seguridad Nacional interino, Marco Rubio.
En su artículo “La élite narcoterrorista”, Tkacik analiza los vínculos personales de Rubio con el tráfico de drogas en el siglo XX y cómo esta historia informa su propia política, que intenta utilizar cínicamente el tráfico de drogas como un medio para lograr los objetivos extrajudiciales de la administración Trump.
Host
Chris Hedges
Producer:
Max Jones
Intro:
Diego Ramos
Subtitles:
Victor Castellanos
Crew:
Diego Ramos, Sofia Menemenlis and Victor Castellanos
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