U.S. Empire and Latin America
b'Latin America has played a crucial role for the United States as an empire. And historian Greg Grandin argues that Latin America\\u2019s importance stretches well beyond the regional interests of the United States in the Western Hemisphere. Instead, Grandin posits, the countries south of the border have been used as a crucible for the formation of American policy \\u2014 such as applying the lessons from counterinsurgency against the left in El Salvador and Colombia to the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. (Full length interview.)\\nResources:\\nGreg Grandin, Empire\\u2019s Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Making of an Imperial Republic Picador, 2021\\n\\u201cRonald Reagan Made Central America a Killing Field: Sasha Lilley Interviews Greg Grandin\\u201d Latin \\nphoto: Josh Johnson via Unsplash\\nThe post U.S. Empire and Latin America appeared first on KPFA.'