Thread by @AlexPetrovnia

For those within the US who may be unaware due to propaganda: Harris’ comments towards Guatemalans are egregious because poverty in Latin America at large has been literally engineered by the United States in neo-colonialist campaigns, illegal actions, and human rights abuses.

Additionally, the United States has a surplus of vaccine currently that it is not distributing to globally underserved countries.

washingtonpost.com/world/2021/04/…

The vaccine also could not be produced in other areas until extremely recently, largely due to the United States refusing to break vaccine patents — prioritizing private business above uncounted human lives.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/us-re…

When I specifically say that poverty and destabilization in Latin America were *engineered* by the United States, I am not hyperbolizing. A major part of US resources have been devoted to covert operations in Latin America for more than a century.

This *very much includes* the current era. Here’s a brief timeline to give you some points to even *begin* researching this issue if you know little about it.

faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/slatta/hi216/h…

The drug cartels of Latin America were created by the United States. Then the War On Drugs penalized those suffering from it.
Those suffering from corona, poverty and political turmoil created by the United States are now being turned away at the border.

Make no mistake — the United States uses other nations’ human rights abuses as casus belli for wars, it does not care about them inherently. It’s Americanism to care about “freedom” only when it gives us more power.