tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post4628734336939069056..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Harry Barnes RIPGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-1133851119455626602012-08-20T21:44:49.969-04:002012-08-20T21:44:49.969-04:00"unecessary" has a logical corollary wit..."unecessary" has a logical corollary with the "necessary" repression that has to operate so that true freedom and democracy is possible in reality. <br /><br />Whichever way you spin the situation, Reagan and the US have long been opponents of democracy and equality, human rights, ecological health, and national sovereignty.<br /><br />You don't get points with sugar-coating the legacy of the US, because the jackals see you a a weak chump, and they are emboldened to engage all types of thuggery to advance tyranny..SwampNiggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723681245912506066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-26002159665454455062012-08-20T11:58:56.370-04:002012-08-20T11:58:56.370-04:00Seems to me Mike has it right. See Morley and McG...Seems to me Mike has it right. See Morley and McGillion, Soldiering on: The Reagan Administration and Redemocratisation in Chile, 1983–1986 in Bulletin of Latin American Research, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 1–22, 2006. Even better, see the NSC meeting on Nov. 18, 1986, here: http://ciperchile.cl/wp-content/uploads/reagan-library-4.pdf Reagan wanted a state visit with Pinochet in 1986.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-60649516627978076022012-08-20T09:18:01.210-04:002012-08-20T09:18:01.210-04:00Constable and Valenzuela argue that there was conc...Constable and Valenzuela argue that there was concern that a) Pinochet ran the risk of recreating a militant left through unnecessary repression; and b) the situation offered an opportunity to show there was no double standard when it came to Nicaragua (i.e. the U.S. opposes "tyranny" no matter what the ideology). (p. 290).Greg Weekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-55946133502909930192012-08-19T20:26:34.319-04:002012-08-19T20:26:34.319-04:00From the bits and pieces that I've read, the R...From the bits and pieces that I've read, the Reagan administration soured on him but Reagan didn't. It was some of the pro-democracy people at State and US Aid that convinced Reagan to promote democracy in Chile and elsewhere after the poor performance of his first term in Latin America. Is that accurate? I guess I'm thinking of Thomas Carothers' In the Name of Democracy book.Mike Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03819823480024681083noreply@blogger.com