US Ramps Up Military Presence in Latin America

[Judi Lynn]

US Ramps Up Military Presence in Latin America
13:08 22.08.2015(updated 14:57 22.08.2015)

Peruvians marched in the capital city Lima to protest the planned arrival of more than 3,000 US military personnel and the continued US military intervention in the South American country, local media reported on Thursday.

The march began from the Plaza San Martin in central Lima and moved to the US embassy.

Demonstrators protested the government’s decision to allow the US to send 3,200 soldiers armed with weapons, ships, and planes to Peru, whose arrival is expected September 1, Prensa Latina news agency reported.

Despite the parliament’s approval of the American military presence in the country, the protesters condemned it as an assault on Peruvian national sovereignty and security.

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[2naSalit]

1. Because...

why?

[Midnight Writer]

2. Why the hell do we keep doing this?

The US wrote the book (really) on terrorism in Latin America. We have supported some of the world's most vile and evil dictators, as long as they were anti-communist and US business friendly. We have sold arms to terrorists and trained para-military death squads.

What the hell do we get out of this? How is this in our national interest? Who in America that you know has benefited by our interventionist foreign policy?