Also Surinam. The Dutch received it as part of a trade with the British and as far as I know the U.S. didn’t interfere with the (brutal) Dutch colonial rule.
EDIT: I just had a mental vision of some idiot in the White House confusing the Dutch and the Danish and proposing invading Suriname to trade it for Greenland.
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the 1968 coup that ousted President Fernando Belaúnde Terry from Peru
La Violencia in Colombia
the US economic Blockade of Guyana in the 1970s, along with several CIA interventions.
the US backed the Dictatorship in Surinam until a Coup in 1980, and sent military aid to support the regime through the resulting conflict.
As for French Guiana - this may be our single exception, as the French did all the Horrors there, and the US “respected their claim”.
Also Surinam. The Dutch received it as part of a trade with the British and as far as I know the U.S. didn’t interfere with the (brutal) Dutch colonial rule.
EDIT: I just had a mental vision of some idiot in the White House confusing the Dutch and the Danish and proposing invading Suriname to trade it for Greenland.
Are there a lot of reputable sources that the U.S. was involved in La Violencia?
I’ve studied Colombian history as well as US involvement in South America and have not read about any connections.
Google search shows this but I’m not sure it’s a trustable source https://colombiareports.com/50-years-us-intervention-colombia/