Presented as a spontaneous youth-led uprising against corruption, violent protests that erupted across Mexico this month were backed by local oligarchs and an international right-wing network determined to topple the popular President Claudia Sheinbaum.
It’s very relevant though. We deserve countries free from US interference. That’s not an excuse to pretend things are fine either, we still need to do the work, etc.
We do. I am simply pointing out that my fellow lemms here are being dismissive of real issues by simply saying it is due to the CIA.
Not really, no. Everyone I know who’s anti US intervention here acknowledges that this government has fallen rather short in basically every regard concerning their opportunist left wing rhetoric. That doesn’t absolve the CIA and the US altogether from their responsibility in the perpetuation of such systems, they’re principally at fault for the problem and principally to blame for these astroturfed protests.
This has been their playbook for decades, they’ve done it rather recently in dozens of countries and they’re not even trying to be subtle about it. Can’t say I blame them, given that there’s clearly people stupid enough to go along with it.
you should also consider that one of those biggest problems – the cartels – would not be so successful if it weren’t for american intervention; either through training from the school of americas (i forget what it’s new name is now) or by literally giving them weaponry like they did the “fast and furious” program a few years ago or the iran contra much longer ago.
they didn’t grow to become powerful on their own and they continue to get support that the world won’t know about until the freedom of information act applies 25 years from now.