Geopolitical Economy Report History of US empire: Latin America & JFK - CIA terror war on Cuba, coups in Brazil & Dominican Rep.
May 7, 2023
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Kennedy's Alliance For Progress Goals
- Kennedy launched the Alliance for Progress promising loans and social reforms across Latin America.
- The initiative aimed to boost housing, health, education, and land reform but avoided nationalizing US enterprises.
Material Aid Without Structural Reform
- The Alliance built schools, hospitals, and infrastructure but excluded measures to curb US corporate profits.
- That omission left reforms vulnerable to subversion by entrenched US economic interests.
Early CIA Plots Against Trujillo
- The CIA station in the Dominican Republic plotted against Rafael Trujillo under Eisenhower, including assassination planning.
- By 1960 plans existed to remove Trujillo and prepare a successor regime with US support if needed.