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by baybal2 2145 days ago
USA has since disposed of their pawns in Chile, Argentina, and did not oppose them being taken out in Indonesia, and Salvador.
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That's because they stopped being useful in pushing back against global communism. Chile, for example, ditched Pinochet but kept the liberal US style economy.

And Argentina is kept in line via WHO loans and regular scourging through economic means.