How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty

Re:How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty by smashini on Monday July 06, 2026 @09:04AM (#48804022)

idk, maybe being on an isolated continent really helped

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Re:How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty by trollbridge on Monday July 06, 2026 @09:30AM (#48804311)

I would consider Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean to certainly exist, and which formerly were British and Spanish colonies.

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Re:How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty by rbanffy on Monday July 06, 2026 @10:09AM (#48804857)

The US has actively suppressed any development in countries that could become competitors or non-aligned regional powers. Think Chile, Argentina, and Brazil (at least twice).

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Re:How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty by red-iron-pine on Monday July 06, 2026 @03:40PM (#48809501)

Argentina and Brazil do that to themselves

Chile actually signed very lucrative trades deals with the US and serve as a stark contrast to their next door neighbours

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Re:How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty by rbanffy on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @04:20AM (#48815004)

> Chile actually signed very lucrative trades deals with the US and serve as a stark contrast to their next door neighbours

Sure. Totally worth torturing some people and throwing them off helicopters. Class move.

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Re:How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty by fluffybucktsnek on Wednesday July 08, 2026 @05:25PM (#48837646)

Brazil and Argentina also tortured and killed some people, except they got nothing in return.

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