The CIA, Latin America, and Immigration

Send us Fan MailEver wonder why so many migrants from Central America, South America, and Mexico come to the U.S. in search of a better life? Hint: it’s not because America is the greatest country on earth. It has more to do with the lingering effects of American colonial interventionist policies and coups orchestrated and perpetrated by the CIA. Join Jen and Carolyn as they discuss the dirty deeds of the CIA and how the overthrowing of democratically elected governments results in long-term destabilization of the region and out migration. We’ll also throw in some crappy economic policies like NAFTA and tie that into why desperate folks come to the US from Mexico. This one is bound to get us in trouble with the government and we say “bring it.”   Meet 'The Brothers' Who Shaped U.S. Policy, Inside And OutBackground on the Guatemalan Coup of 1954June 27, 1954: Elected Guatemalan Leader Overthrown in CIA-Backed CoupThe Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War, Stephen KinzerKornbluh, The Pinochet FileCenter for Justice and AccountabilityCivil war years in GuatamalaNAFTA and Mexican ImmigrationNAFTA's Promise and Reality: Lessons from Mexico for the HemisphereNAFTA and Its Twenty-Year Effect on Immigration