After Venezuela, we must bring democracy to Cuba, Nicaragua

Looks like Canada’s state broadcaster is floating the idea that after the Abrams-Bolton-Pompeo “axis of virtue” succeeds in restoring democracy to Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua will be next. In fact, Evan Dyer’s article aligns perfectly with public statements already made by Bolton, Pompeo, and anti-Castro superhawks like Marco Rubio.

The rhetoric of Foreign Minister Freeland also aligns perfectly with the US goal of regime change in all three countries. The so-called Lima Group is little more than a fig-leaf designed to provide a facade of widespread regional support for American machinations, and Canada’s participation is intended to put a happy face on what is otherwise a cabal of extreme right-wing regimes.

Relying on the expertise of “historian and democracy activist” Michael Lima Cuadra is telling. I’m not sure what makes him a historian; there is no record I can find of scholarly articles, books, or teaching posts that would justify the label.

Cuadra’s “democracy activism” is on display at his twitter account @ngotranslations. He obviously remains nostalgic for the setback freedom suffered at the Bay of Pigs in 1961. That CIA initiative was one of the few regime change operations in Latin America since WWII that didn’t achieve its objective.

Almost sixty years later, it’s still business as usual.