How U.S. Involvement In Central America Led To a Border Crisis| AJ+
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- Опубликовано: 7 июл 2018
- Thousands of Central American refugees and migrants have been coming to the Mexico-U.S. border for almost 40 years - and in spring of 2018, the Trump administration enacted a “zero-tolerance” policy that led to the arrest of any and all refugees and migrants attempting to cross the border into the United States. The most controversial aspect of the policy's enforcement was the forced separation of parents from their children. While much of the conversation has focused on Central Americans escaping violence, there hasn't been much on why there's so much violence in the region to begin with. The story? Almost 200 years of U.S. intervention.
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ProPublica. “Listen to Children Who’ve Just Been Separated From Their Parents at the Border.” • Listen to children who...
Mic. “How the U.S Screwed Up Latin America, in 7 Classic Historical Cartoons.” mic.com/articles/92581/how-th...
Migration Policy Institute. “Central American Immigrants in the United States.” www.migrationpolicy.org/artic...
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Edited by: Brian Joseph
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It is sad the amount of suffering America, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, have inflicted on Central America.
Not just Central America, but essentially every part of the world right now is suffering due to American intervention.
American Business is behind it all. Look up United Fruit Company.
Afro. Piss off. CIA and all fascist bastards are the cause of so much pain in the world. You must hate facts. Syrian refugee crisis is caused by all the evil bombing.
Xftbllplyr ever since the inception of the privately owned Federal Reserve Banks system in 1913, the United States has been in a war every single decade since.
All previous forms of private central banks in American history all led to wars. The only times America has enjoyed both peace and prosperity were during periods of no privately owned central banks. Something to think about.
bigfellaoo7 as teachers of history used to say "all roads leads to Rome". Think of what is happening today, world wide, is the re-establishment of the old Roman Empire. At the same time China is re-establishing the silk road trading routes world wide. Once the Russian Orthodox Church rejoins the Vatican, the Roman Empire will be resurrected. Who ever controls Syria will control access of the silk road to Europe. Whoever controls Iran will control the silk road access to Africa.
My Father came to this country around the 1970 fleeing the civil war and death squads in El Salvador 🇸🇻. He wanted a better life life for my Mother and my sister who was baby when he left. He walked through the Mexican desert so he could skip the Rio Grand river crossing because he didn’t know how to swim. He made made his way to California not knowing a lick of English. Stayed for about 2 weeks taking odd jobs to make it to northern VA where we had family already living in the US. He worked hard for 3 years and was able to make enough money to bring my mother and sister over the legal way to Va. Years later I would born in Washington DC as first generation US citizen.
Growing up I didn’t realize my parents or my sister weren’t citizens. Until they were studying to take their citizenship tests. I believe I was around the 2nd grade at the time and I remember helping them study facts that I already learned in school. Good news my family passed the citizenship process and we love living in this country. Both my sister and I went to college and my parents dream of bringing a better life for their family came true!
Gman92000 That’s beautiful man! Respect to your father
Give All Thanks to ALMIGHTY GOD who has mercy on whom HE will have mercy and will have compassion on whom HE will have compassion. Romans 9:15
All of my mom's family left Nicaragua to Miami to escape the war. She has told me the hard path taken to get to Miami. So, I understand this well. People forget that they would also get teens fight in the war as well. One of my uncles fled but another got taken and suffered ptsd for years.
Sucks that Trump isn’t letting asylum seekers anymore.
Steven Lee You can say he betrayed his country, but you know who he didnt betray? His family. Everything else does not even matter when it comes to the future and well being of his loved ones. They can keep everything else.
This seems exactly or almost what the European countries have been doing in Africa. Not surprising we are facing two migrant front crisis US-Mexico borders and the Northern African - Mediterranean migrant crisis. Not focusing on the roots of the problems and not intending to solve them at the roots won't give any good outcomes in terms of this global issue our world is facing now.
15 European countries had Colonies, There is 50 countries in Europe,35 did not colonize, And no The problems in Mexico are the fault of the Mexican government not the Americans, Had we took care of the Cartels before it was too late we wouldn’t have an issue now.. We need a Nationalist government like Bolsonaro to take down our Cartels.
@@reyes5503 Well but drug money nurture the cartel and the lose US weapon policies make easy to transport weapons to Mexico, the shift from the Caribbean Drug route to the Mexican land route make the problem 300% worse, I can remember how the violence grow exponentially in 2010 in all the country, all the Central American nation fall in chaos and Mexico some state can be said that was fallen States.
El Redentor We Mexicans had enough time to stop it, But did we? No we didn’t, We have the second most powerful military behind Brazil in Latin America and they are fighting theirs, And are winning, Why aren’t we? Because We as Mexicans failed our own people, the government should’ve did their job, It wouldn’t of spread had we kicked the socialists out.
EU getting a taste of karma for all the colonizing, they tried to genocide indigenous people but the ones who suffered the most in Latin America are multiplying like crazy & sending us more indigenous people to USA to replace the ones we've lost. Prophecy says we would suffer for 500 years from the white oppressors that the the natives already knew were coming, it's been 500 years. Hopefully things will start looking up for us.
The crazy part is, every now and then you'll hear news about US or French or some other country in Africa and then you're like, "wait. . Why are they there in the first place"
As a Honduran, I thank you so much for putting this video up together which explains so very well how American governments' selfish and greedy actions have lead to my country's and region's instability, and showing how there is no easy way out of it.... excellent video.
Oh bs. You're own governments are complicit in this. They're corrupt socialists who steal everything in sight and rather than do anything about it you central Americans whine and moan it's all our fault. Fix the lands that God gave you and stay bout of mine. We don't want you here.
I was deployed to Honduras in the early 80s. I was on the Honduras El Salvadorian border. The Honduras people treated me with respect. They fed me and put us up at one of their military bases. This is a very good video explaining exactly how we interfere with other countries. It's a shame that the American people really don't know what is going on. We spend more time worrying about which party we are on then what is really right and wrong. I have been trying to defend these people but it seems like everytime I put something up it is pulled down or blocked. We will all be judged someday.
As I looked further and further into the problems that are ailing this world that we are living in the one common denominator that always showed up as the root cause of all of the problems is the USA! This one country with 4% of the world's population has instigated 82% of all wars in the world since WW2! Only 14 years out of its 246 years of history that the USA isn't at war with at least one other nation! Let that sink in! But as always all we hear from the US propaganda machine are China, Russia, Iran, Iraq, North Korea! What the American mainstream media won't tell you is that the USA is the one that is starting problems with all of them!
Thank you for your service
@@SenorTortas for enforcing the United States Government’s imperialism, fck no
Thank you.
@@g1g4_ch4d7 Yeah, and the Central American governments weren’t any better.
My father was one of those soldiers forced to fight at the age of 16. He was trained by Americans and now the U.s is kicking him out despite being trained by Americans and fighting for the American cause. He fled his home country since his life was threatened due to have been in the war. I am an American citizen. The u.s has no right to kick out the men who have been forced to be pawns for them nor the people whose life have been destroyed for this.
Never mind someone the US trained (like your father). The US doesn't even treat its own veterans well. Once veterans are used up, the US just lets them rot on the streets as part of the homeless.
@mwindmatch you ask what El Salvador means to the J.S and say nothing while ignoring the fact that at the time the U.S was in the middle of the cold war and would do anything to stop soviet influence in Latin America even if it meant millions dying. If the U.S had kept its hands off and let the country be their history would be a different one. The war would have not laster over 12 years it would have been over in less than 3. The U.S supplied helicopters and ammunition. Without U.S. intervention ES military would have been decimated. But of course big scary USSR had to be kept at bay. That war destroyed the country and began the Salvadoran exodus to the U.S. what happens to ex military and guerrilla soldiers after the war? Revenge killings and escaping to the U.S. this is a problem created by the U.S.
mwindmatch life’s not fair
mwindmatch yes
My father too. Nearly word for word identical.
My dad fought for the indigenous people in Guatemala. 😢
My family saw the effects of war first hand
Thank you! And thank him! Some of us do care. But most of us are ignorant and selfish.
Mi abuelo fue uno de los que peleo tambien
God bless you and our Latino men and women . May we thrive prosper and overpopulate with impact leaders and fight for our survival
My great grandpa was shot and killed during the civil war and my family including my mom had to hide in the forest just to surivive. They went back home and found my great grandpas dead body
One of the best books I’ve read about the history of coups by the US is ‘overthrow’ by Stephen Kinzer, it begins with the sad story of Hawaii and ends with the war in Iraq. There’s an insatiable thirst for power in the US just like in Europe.
That's a great book! Currently borrowing it from a friend. Another one that explains what's behind this behavior by the US and Europe is Lenin's Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, which goes into the economics of why countries develop these huge overseas empires.
It's because these European colonizers can't help but try and push their superiority on the rest of the world.
There is an insatiable thirst for power everywhere and with everyone. It's just that not everyone has the ability to act on it.
There is no more honor in being oppressed than oppressing.
I did not learn any of this in school in the US, but I'm glad that I was able to learn about this part of our history for myself as an adult. I bet a lot of Americans don't know the US's involvement in the breakdown of so many other countries. Thank you for this excellent video! Great work!
was not "americans. it was usa. not america.
if you really want to know the history then, i suggest you look your country's war history and see why each war occured, i mean dig deeper things get very interesting the more deeper you dig
They did in South America the same thing
So. How do you know this is correct and not propaganda? Disinfo?
patti jesinoski propaganda? Haha, lol what we state is what we see. We know American side of the story on these many events but similarly we know the story on opposite side and with some facts and evidence we make a conclusion. Can you tell me where the propaganda is in this??
TY so much 4 bringing these issues, USA doesn't know it's own history
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Most people in the US doesnt even know that America its a CONTINENT with 35 Sovereign Countries 😜
Kaotic404 NOT IN ENGLISH!!!!!
LordSear1982 No it's not. You being a Bolivian means nothing. This is all undisputed history. In fact, this video doesn't go far enough in revealing the truth. There was no DEEP discussion of the involvement of the US in somewhere like, say, Guatemala, where the 200,000 killed were peasants and civilians. Napalmed to death in large part.
LordSear1982 Nice try. I'm not "American." All of my family is from Latin America. I've been plenty of times. My Spanish is pretty rusty, but I used to be pretty fluent. That's as far as I'll say. But neither YOUR nor MY personal experiences mean absolutely anything. This is history neither you nor I lived, go look up the facts.
LordSear1982 how old are U sweetie? I’m not been disrespectful just asking cause I want 2 understand U not judge U. I was born in Mexico City (Nezahualcóyotl 👀 it up) is & has been 1 of the most dangerous places in Mexico. I been 2 El Salvador 🇸🇻 once, 1 of my best friends was born there. We are lucky 2 B in USA 🇺🇸now, but we don’t forget where we come from. History tends 2 repeat itself especially when people aren’t aware of it, so World history one of my majors.
My news I get them from anywhere that reporters have shown knowledge on the topics they talk about & I especially love when they are actually on the ground, which in most places is very dangerous.
Look up news about the Cartel, reporters from the country where is happening either get killed when reporting on it or don’t report it at all. So your best bet on getting the news is from a source reporting on the issue that is coming from another country. England 🏴 is an example where many reporters have been able 2 report & interview people from the Taliban & the cartel among other dangerous people.
When reporters come from other countries their chances of getting 2 report on something are greater than native reporters from that area. For once, all crime is the result of injustices coming from the people in power; so their main goal is for the story to go viral & to be known globally, they don’t care 2 try 2 make their own press understand the circumstances since they assume they know or that they’re at fault also.
USA 🇺🇸 has done a lot of damage not just in Latin America but worldwide, & morally we have an obligation 2 try 2 fix our wrongs by helping all these countries & its citizens in trouble.
Colonialism is still happening today & its all 4 the sake of what is good 4 USA 🇺🇸 1st & most of all.
Most Americans are educated but they’re unaware of the country’s history, due 2 How history is taught. Many ugly chapters have been skipped all together. Even slavery had been avoided for the most part until today, where so many facts have come up recently & proved wrong 2 have been attributed 2 white people instead of the real person just b/c of the color of their skin. Anyways Americans assume that by taking people in (refugees as well as immigrants) 🇺🇸 is only being taken advantage of when in reality is just one of many checks getting cashed in, it is time 4 🇺🇸 to fix all the wrongs that we have done. So many other countries have receipts on 🇺🇸 & sooner or later they’ll b cashing them in too.
Mi español lo califico con un 99% tanto lo hablo bien como lo escribo, es rara la vez que no entiendo alguna palabra. Soy la más grande de 5 hijos y llegue a 🇺🇸 cuando tenía 13 años, como la mayor tuve que ponerme las pilas y traducir el Inglés igual que el Español ya que mi mamá no sabía Inglés. Mi papá siempre a sabido pero no tiene la paciencia de enseñar a nadie.
Hope U can understand where I’m coming from & why I see things the way I do.
as a Citizen of Guatemala.
Thanks to the Caravan, I have realized all the damage that the United States has done to my country in the past.
That's why Trump wants a wall to keep out the people who are victims of our country's aggression.
When they talk the Americans might be educated by them about what our leaders are doing to other countries. Then we won't be so blind to the truth.
US is bringing them here because we have destroyed their country.
It’s good to know how much you hate the country you want to now help you. The American people have very little to do with political affairs between countries that are corrupt to begin with regardless of who seems to get power. Our government sees Central American countries as corrupt and ran by the Cartels. Even Mexico is a Narco state. We do have a say when it comes to stopping criminals and drugs from coming here. It looks like the only way now is to militarize our border. You say we need to give you resources to help. I agree but so far the resources we do give isn’t working at all. Maybe we need our military to deliver your resources personally. Why should we take in millions of people who hate us and will drain our resources. We don’t have unlimited resources contrary to belief.
@@seahog1911 is you do prove you don't have the resources
@legnA Obama deported hundreds of thousands. Bill Clinton did too. Didn't you watch the video? I don't agree with everything Trump has done, but I'm not stupid enough to think the democrats are better. They're one in the same.
Great video, I was born in El Salvador and came to this country in 1971. My father came here in 1970 he was into politics there and long before this he knew that things were going to get bad even back at those times so we came here legally right before it got really bad. I thank my father for everything he did for my family!
We came in 1981 (my brother and I) as adolescents. My father had already arrived in 1977. He came here right after my brother and I were born because there was an immense increase in persecution of political rivals between leftist Marxist guerillas, the government, and death squads funded by oligarchs; college students, academics, intellectuals, and many other people were caught up in the middle of it.
Moving on, all of the folks in this video failed (or refused) to mention that Obama was the one who deported more people back to Central America (esp. El Salvador and Honduras) than any other U.S president. Also, if I recall -- it was Reagan who approved amnesty in 1986, which is how a sizeable part of my extended family (the ones who all immigrated) were given a legal pathway to citizenship. Now, stating these irrefutable facts does not make me a Republican or a Trump supporter. In reality, I hate BOTH parties. But, I resent the Democrats more for pretending to be on our side with their lies, hypocrisy, and subtle racist ways.
Could you please cover Mexico's history. USA has meddled in Mexican internal affairs for too long. The USA has meddled in Mexican affairs for too long.
Mexico has been lucky because during much of the unrest, for example, during the Mexican revolution the US could have meddled more than they did had it not been for world war 1.
And during the Cardenas administration with the nationalization of oil the US would have probably invaded and set up a coupe d’eta had it not been for world war 2
What has affected Mexico was the neo-liberal agreement. That has done more damage to Mexico than anything else.
NAFTA has displaced farmers in rural Mexico and while at the same time made it easier for drug traffickers to flood the US with drugs.
The US should have never passed NAFTA without first forcing Mexico to take care of its corruption and decreasing its poverty.
Mexico and Canada are USA's puppets . USA does this through economic "agreements" namely NAFTA. I wasn't born yet but my father saw what NAFTA did to the farmers in Mexico . IT WAS A MASSACRE . not only all of the crop industry was destroyed but also the Mexico's peso was stomped and still it hasn't recovered .
Richard Freeman AMLO is here.
Julian Loza The US was lucky during ww1 Germany sent Mexico a telegraph because Germany did research on the US history telling Mexico attack the US and get your land back and well help you by giving you tanks weapons troops. This was to distract the US from not entering ww1 or helping with the British sending weapons and artillery and at that time the US spent alot of money on weapons which were headed to help the British luckily the British intercepted that telegram.
I agree. Stolen land, stolen elections, traitors and puppets. What a sad and repetitive story.
Thank you for bringing awareness to this reality, this is exactly what no one wants to acknowledge. This is the fruits of US interventionist policies.
Uggh this just pisses me off even more. We are the natives of the continental America!
Reyna hey
@Sean hey
@Hello World hey
@@angeldiaz7001 hey
I remember my dad telling me stories of seeing dead bodies in the street growing up in el salvador during the war. He and his siblings had to live in foster care for some time. Their father died when they were very young. They all came to the united states at some point im the 90s. My dad met my mother who emigrated from mexico and now here i am, an american citizen, forced to reckon with the realities of the only country I've ever truly know
U.S. and Morals is an oxymoron lol
GREAT Video!
It would be awesome to see a concise world tour of US interventions.
Iran & the middle east, Africa, south Asia, etc
The US doesn't work alone. It would be better to cover "white hegemony" interventions around the world, including France, UK, the US, Israel & NATO.
Ok let’s start with World War 2 .
Let’s look at Japan and German two nations we completely destroyed and rebuilt. Oh I’m sorry that doesn’t fit the narrative. Both of those nations are rich . Ok I’ll discuss the US Marshal Plan . No forget it look at Korea yeah the South we intervened their and by Comparison South Korea is a million times better than North Korea
America is involved with 81 interventions in the world from WWII. Korea was separated by America and we killed 20% of their population to give them dictators in S. Korea.
When Korea was trying to sign peace deals, America would walk away.
Likewise, America interfered with Greece twice, once in the 70s and recently under Obama to prevent a left wing government from forming.
In Japan, the CIA linked up with the yakuza and the right wing to ensure conservative policies for forty years.
Oh, and Germany? It was a buffer zone for Russia that paid a heavy toll for WWII in defeating Nazis that the West sent their way under Churchill.
To get into their interventions, just look at who their friends are: Israel and Saudi Arabia who have far worse human rights abuses than anything they claim at NATO.
Jagos
Lol please go live in North Korea! They killed Che in Latin America for a reason jackass!
Eddy, the CIA, responsible for the destruction of all those other countries, was involved with the murder of Che Guevara. You're basically admitting that you're apologizing for the CIA.
How much of a tool for the deep state are you?
The US always bringing "democracy" to stable nations.
In return they make those stable nations unstable.
😆 are you kidding?
They screw up country's rather than help them.
Regardless 🇺🇸 should not intervene...
"We're not dealing with the root causes of the situation" YESSS ive been saying this my whole life!!! US intervention has lead to destabilization in the regions, our failed war on drugs has created chaos, and our inability to have a universal gun control policy has caused most of the gun related deaths in Central American (about 70% in Mexico alone). A wall isn't going to fix anything. These people love there nation and would much rather stay in there nation with theyre family. Its time the US actual fixed the issues they caused.
You reap what you sow.
AJ+, your series on US intervention, US territories and and the experiences of people living in diasporas have been incredibly educational and useful. Thanks a bunch for creating quality content.
They didn't talk about how global warming will make agricultural harder and increase refugees looking for food
Why is this not on mainstream media? If the public was aware, many would shift their anti-immigrant stance. SMH
I’ve been telling Americans about this and they don’t want to hear it they said I’m making excuses for them
@@frescoservice5124yeah people hate real productive unemotional rational discussion. Its easier just to say “we’re being invaded!”
They need to shift their foreign policy, they should demand that the US stay out of other countries' business.
Word to the wise: don't stoop low and lower your frequency arguing with these racists and bigots. Live your best life. Keep it moving. Don't entangle yourself. Read a book on these topics instead. Many are just trolls. Vibrate higher. Knowledge is power. They rule by secrecy. You got to stay woke.
ROMEO CARTER good message! Need to educate ourselves and rise above the idiots who try to bring it all down to their level
Thank you Romeo.
lol
I'm sorry dude, but anyone who says "you got to stay woke" is asking to be shit on.
USA still trying to get rid of indigenous people
Thank you for covering this! I have thought about this for a long time and wondered why I’d seen scant coverage about it in the MSM. It’s so relevant right now with what has happened to these children.
Ps the currency in El Salvador is the US dollar! That's how deep USA is involved in El Salvador.
Thank you very much for making this video. My friend's family lost farming lands in Honduras and were displaced due to US corporate occupation that screwed up their lands.
Thanks AJ, for responsible journalism.
"responsible"
Amazing video! It connects to the central argument in the US where it dissociates from the emanation of immigration. People don't want to leave their country. Ironic, that the same country that enacted an unstable environment in Centro America, from which wealth was produced from, now rejects the product of its own actions.
So we screwed them up and now we dont accept responsibility when obviously is our responsibility
I can feel my brain changing watching this video lmao, I was 100% less educated 12:35 minutes ago
emdots that don’t make sense my dude
it's hyperbolic to call a faction communist for wanting to nationalize their country's resources
yes--none of these movements were actually "communist" or trying to achieve "communism". This label was applied to them by the US to fear monger.
This is why I feel nauseous when idiots say "communism killed millions". Because capitalism has never done such a thing.
So I guess communism hasn't killed anybody, right. Why don't they talk about Colombia? Why doesn't that video show how communist guerrillas killed so many people and raped children?
America helped us, and America provided the weapons so we could defend ourselves against the leftists who were destroying my country.
@@Juanchopepe86 This is why my Colombian family moved to the US. Family from a FARC territory. The US destroyed FARC and FARC hasn't ever been the same and as strong.
Communism was a form of government to counter capitalism, that’s nothing new. Communism like any other works in theory but when applied to the real world, it will always fail
@@moe_lester2628 Capitalism has given 1% of americans a good life. Ignore the other 99% for now.
Capitalism is better than communism still
Castro wanted to align Cuba with the US. For some reason, the US decided to back a dictator that turned the island in a brothel instead of a Social Democratic regime. Castro, quite pragmatic, went looking for help elsewhere.
اللَّهُمَّ أَطْعِمْنَا مِنْ جُوعٍ ، وَآمِنَّا مِنْ خَوْفٍ، وَقَوِّنَا مِنْ ضَعْفٍ ، وَعَلِّمْنَا مِنْ جَهَالَةٍ، وَأَنْقِذْنَا مِنْ ضَلاَلَةٍ
Basically what Rome did to other tribes. Superpowers are never the good guys.
captainzenbi Was survival of the fittest back in the days. Made sense that civilisations back then would care more about expansion and development rather than the feelings of other civilisations
captainzenbi America is the new Rome
@@Seekingtruth-mx3ur Please don't insult Rome.
JOSÉ TRINIDAD LOPEZ AGUIRRE lmfao coping shitskin i hope America collapses like rome
Well your an idiot
Also the Guatemalan Syphilis Experiment. And vaccines. Got to stay woke.
and this is not a lie. is true.usa has never been a frienly country of america for the contrary .usa has been our worst enemy.
The military did this to blacks during the "Tuskegee experiments" too so I believe you .
But you voted for Democrats who want to increase government control. #hypocrite
WE already have the Tuskegee experiment... the US rarely has clean hands in dealing with foreign affairs (or domestic ones).
@@JonesTheSecond Both Republicans and Democrat ruined Central America, the Caribbean and South America to maintain wealthy interest. Stop being ignorant.
This was a difficult video to watch. I did not learn this in school. Let alone had no idea the U.S. had to do with the civil wars that broke out in these particular countries. As an hispanic American. My thoughts have always been that central America were just destroying themselves and not have control of their own government. I always figured it started with their own and never new the U.S. had any sort of participation in the issues at hand. This was mind blowing. I want to know more. I feel our American schools leave out so much of our American history. When are we going to stop building a wall with our history and start teaching our younger generation the real history? This is so sad.
Well done, I'm from El Salvador, I left my country since 1983, this video is little jewel of true in a deep sea of lies ...
American support of Pakistan during the Bangladeshi independence movement is something that often goes ignored.
Not me who should be apologized to. I'm Pakistani with a conscience.
That he did.
Meh.
@MIDKNIGHT FENERIR india is a melting pot...dts india in 1 line..many goods happen everyday which are marred by equally bad things...
nobody cares
Outstanding reporting I've been stating this because I remember this happening when growing up I'm very happy to see truth being spoken to power my hope is that my fellow Americans have compassion on these people fleeing Devastation that this nation has caused
“La operación Condor invadiendo mi nido
!Perdono pero nunca olvido!”
-Residente
America Latina! Ahora veo de donde saco esa frase increíble
My dad was born in the mid 1970s and was from Salvador.When he was only a child he left the country to mexico in the 1980s and in 1993 he arrived to the U.S. He did had a AKM and could have fought in the Salvador Civil War but luckily his parents(my grand parent) decided he had to leave his home. If he never left then I would never be here. Now a days he have mixed feelings on the U.S after what he witness back in Salvador.
Best segment on this channel ever
Thanks for the video. This was well researched and it developed logically. I wanted to recommend a video on the two U.S. invasions of the Dominican Republic. Not many people know about them and about how the DR almost became a US State.
Juan Lopez DR is still a shitehole
Don't forget about what the USA did to Hawaii. And I believe that they somehow started the volcano eruption over there because they are feeling their hold slipping in Hawaii. Just like when they made that false nuclear attack warning on Hawaii, I believe that they are trying to instill fear back into the native Hawaiians who are on the rise of waking up and reclaiming what was taken from their ancestors by Americans through deception, murders, and hostile takeover. Before it's all over, whites are going to have to migrate back to Europe from all the nation's, countries, continents and islands that their ancestral and founding fathers colonized and viciously attacked, enslaved, cheated, slaughtered, robbed, and took possession of, robbing all people's of color of their land, dignity, humanity, and resources, even of their own ways and thoughts. None of us people's of color is living life the way we were intended to live our lives, we are living the lives that Europeans and western whites have forced upon us. We haven't even begun to see what we ourselves can achieve, accomplish, and the workmanship of our own minds, hands and the freedom to do it all on our own, for our own nations, countries, continents and islands.
@@TheOne-ml1em u stupid ngl
Theyre not gonna make it a State status,not even a Protectorate but more like a Colony.
My great grandmother was Honduran and my great grandfather was Salvadoran. Many family members formed part of the civil war in El Salvador. I don't know anything about my Honduran family side, only Salvadoran. But, learning about the hypocrisy of the United States angered me so much. This is what European countries are doing to Africa. It's all about exploiting and getting resources without caring about the indigenous people. My heart hurts so much...
Rest In Peace To ALL the Fallen Innocent Voice That Never Had A Chance To My SALVADORIANs.
At least democrats were strong enough to acknowledge our history. There should be an international law which corrects historic errors, thanks businesses for making such enormous problems just so you could earn a few buck.
Dan Bee What history do Democrats acknowledge?
They've apologized 4 Iranian "military coup d'etat's"..It doesn't make it right
Rafael Pena So youd rather ignore all together huh?
Dan Bee..that response was 2 Bryan Amador
Cover the U.S. Involvement in Asia
I'm luckily a US citizen whose parents immigrated here from Guatemala and hearing all this legit makes me want to cry. America claims "freedom" and "civil rights" but I guess that just doesn't apply to people of color. White supremacist US is one of the biggest threats to humanity
Lol
Yup.
The US deserves all that comes to them.
*Thank you for malking this awesome informative video which gives insight on the United State's involvement in a destabilized Central America. This is an important aspect of history that is not being acknowledged in the immigration controversy.*
For example is the El Salvador’s fault for accepting the dollar ??? Where it has made it even poorer country. Take the dollar away and let those countries stay with their own economy. It’s true US help those country, but the militaries take the money for weapon and the people become poorer. If US stops helping many things will change.
I am Salvadorian, the caravan is from Honduras, not from El Salvador, here in the country there are poor people, but it is the governments' fault, here the elections of president come and we only want Nayib Bukele to win, he will help a lot. here, in El Salvador, there will be fewer Salvadoran immigrants in the United States, and if a Salvadorian goes to the United States, he will enter legally, only that the Americans have some patience.
@@Alice-qg5zh Did you forget that the caravan was made of out Guatemalans and salvadorians too?
@@angeldiaz7001 Yep, but to a lesser extent.
That map is inaccurate. Belize/British Honduras should be to the east of Guatemala, on the Caribbean coast. Fix it.
Thank you for making this video!!!! Thanks for pointing this huge issue out! Nobody is talking about this.
Thanks for this video, l always knew this, now l have this document to show it to people that dont understand the root of the problem about immigration. Muchas gracias.
Thank you so much for this video, hopefully everybody can wrap their heads around whats really going on down in these countries and not jump to conclusions about people. Also it would be great if the golden circle of the Americas was also explained in another video.
America owes latin American states reparations change my mind.
As a former monitor of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs for a think tank in the 80s I have to say that this video is one of the best I've seen on the subject matter. I would only caution that it is still a bit framed within a U.S. debate context, pretty much as this was debated back then. And of course, U.S. involvement is the title and subject of the video. But it was also a weakness of the debate then, as it could be today, to overemphasize American responsibility while depriving the citizens of those countries of agency and responsibility for their own affairs. As a result, we end up still thinking in terms of "what we can do for them" (which could mask paternalism or neo-colonialism) instead of analyzing why haven't they be able to do for themselves, and whether we can or should help them help themselves.
Thank you for making these facts available for others to know.
If America spent a fraction of their military budget from other jurisdictions they could help out those on their own doorstep. The hypocrisy is mind boggling!
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS YOU DONE SAID IT ALL
I’m just learning about this, I’m so happy I came here. Every time the our country cries victim, I always look back at history to see our involvement, and 8/10 we did something.
I was telling someone about my coming to America in 88’ as a 5 year old with my mom and why we she did it. We had a civil war and towns of people simply disappeared because of the death squads. Now as a parent myself I understand and I would do it also. America should take some accountability for what they’ve sown
If Central America where to united they would be a force to be recognized
Amazing!! Thank you for creating
My dad was taken from my grandma back in 1975 he didn’t see her again till 1995 he was trained to be a Kaibil for the Guatemalan army but he had enough and left the country my mother left as well because of the civil war many of her brothers died fighting in the civil war our people are refugees of war and we could thank America for that
My uncle was a green barrette and he would tell us stories of him being deployed into Panama .. we had US soldiers in Panama ..
The Song Panama by Van Halen was written as a war rallying cry for troops deployed to Panama, and the good times that were the 1980s.
@5:30 where is British Honduras or present-day Belize in your maps of Central America?
I was born in Wisconsin but my dad is from Guatemala and my mom is from Honduras. They came in the 80’s when it was easier to get their papers. Two of my grandparents were alcoholics for reasons I don’t know. Perhaps they were depressed or abused somehow? My dad does not speak about politics nor is he interested in it. I have had to educate myself about Latino history and topics by joining a Latinos Unidos and also Latin dance group in college at UW-Whitewater. I am a proud Latina but I have so much to learn about my parent’s countries and histories. Thank you for videos like these!
Fellow Wisconsinite AND UWW alum… I’m shocked to find this today to say the least lmfao 🫡🤘
Alcoholism is common in the lower classes, I was a kid during the civil war in El Salvador, the neighborhood drunks used to pay us kids 25 cents to go buy them a bottle of alcohol. They would drink till they passed out on a sidewalk.
It sickens me to learn that this history isn’t taught or known by the majority of US citizens.
As a Salvadoran 🇸🇻 born UK citizen 🇬🇧, displaced during the war in 86, I get maddened when I see the hate and vitriol of some Americans against Central American’s.
It’s the biggest gaslighting tactic; the US caused havoc in this global region due to pure greed and fear of “communism” and then got angry when innocent folks flea for a better life. How dare they wish for safety and opportunity in the land of opportunity.
This brilliant and urgently needed. You're fantastic Al Jazeera! Thank you, thank you!!! ❤️
dont TRUST AL JAZEERA ...... THEY ULTERIOR MOTIVES.
My parents fought in the salvadorian war .. we went back and forth from el salvador to guatemala to Uruguay then back the el slavador then back to Guatemala then finally Canada . I'm 34 now and somehow I found happiness through it all. Still lots ahead for me to continue my fight. My parents lost sisters and brothers to this war . Tortured is how they died and bodies never found. I feel for my parents and I hope one day they find peace .
They are at peace. Keep loving them. That never ends. I'm sure they would be very proud of you. Survive and thrive.
Finally, a video that really breaks it down from the origin. Thank you for this!
Truly evil. Makes me ashamed. I have been in and around Central Mericans for 40 years. I will be returning to Honduras and others in 2019 to give seminars. So I can verify the accuracy of this report.
From the early to mid-20th century, the United Fruit Company bought so much land in Central America for its plantations that it had strong effects on national policies. The US consistently supported the United Fruit Company in Latin America, from supporting repression (such as the murder of civilians) to the point of helping to overthrow governments.
As a Hispanic, I feel empathy.
As a human, I feel sorrow.
As an American, I feel the need to keep that shit out of my country.
Most Americans will ignore this. So sad. These wars/conflicts still affect the regions and our imperialistic presidents are too blame
The U.S. owes all of Latin America so much in Reparations…
I kinda feel like I learned more from this video about Central & Latin America that I have in my religion class about Latin America in the past 1.5 months in college
Very informative video. I would've liked a link to a reading list for someone who wanted to take a deeper dive into the history of US intervention and interference in Central America. Quite obviously none of this is taught in the American public education system, so we are forced to teach ourselves.
Still waiting on that reading list, chief. I’m ready to begin.
Extremely important story. Thanks for bringing it out.
As someone with a Salvadoran father and a nicaraguan mother, I feel bad that our parents had to come and be treated like shit in this country that exploited their home land in the first place
You guys should do an in depth video on each country.
May Allah bring down this evil empire soon rather than later.
Revelation 6:8
“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.”
If anyone says we are being invaded by Latin america just show them this video.
Exactly
Great video AJ+ and Sana! I’ve been waiting for something like this from you all for some time!! I’m 30 and come from a Nicoya family who seriously needed access to mental healthcare when they arrived. What they experienced was so terrible that they never went back.
As for future videos - how about one where you guys look into where African universities excel? For example, the leading expert on Solifugae is in Namibia (although she went to grad school in CO, she is the only person actively working on a uniform labelling system for Solifugae anatomy). There are also a lot of universities working on sustainable agricultural infrastructure (to make up for that one poorly researched chicken waste biochar video)
You also glossed over the Regan/Roos-Monty friendship of the early 80’s that saw several massacres by the US backed and trained Guatemalan army, let alone the fact that the US army taught the Guatemalan army on how to do a ‘force disappearance’
Congrats to this history telling. I just learned how this all started and who should take accountability for it. It's a very sad story.
This video only tells half the story. These countries also receive a significant amount of humanitarian aid from the U.S., as long as they opposed communism. How much money does the U.S. owe them? These people are also responsible for this mess. Also, communism turned out to be a pretty terrible system to live under, despite having great intentions. It's pretty lazy and easy to just blame the U.S. for everything, when the reality is much more complex. But this is Al-Jazeera, basically the polar opposite of FoxNews on U.S. foreign policy...
The people of Nicaragua are revolting right now against the socialist Sandinista party...
Excellent video. This should be taught in schools and offered on media platforms very broadly. Most Americans are ducking the root causes of migration since the 1900's, yet we bleat with condemnation when human beings, desperate to just live their lives, flee to our border. "Lock them up" = Frozen thought patterns
Thank you. Please continue.
I had to take notes on this video for school and got 2 pages of great notes.
I love how u guys explain this video to address US intervention that has led to Migrants fleeing here. I also wish u guys spoke about Panama's history as well.
This is my interpretation of what happened after watching this short-documentary. The United States of America in order to control their surroundings and create a sphere of influence (like most superpowers have done throughout history) intervened in Central America and South America (e.g., Russia in Eastern Europe and Middle East, Europeans in New World/Africa/Middle East, China in South Asia, Mongol Empire all around Asia, etc). The United States of America was also then lobbied by corporations to help control their assets (farms, money, shipments, etc). Fast forward to the Cold War, the Soviet Union is trying to expand their sphere of influence into South America and Central America so the United States of America intervenes by funding opposite political powers (Communism/Socialism vs Capitalism). This created puppet wars between political ideologies across Central and South America that the US and Russia were funding.
What I'm thinking about right now is...what would've happened if the US never intervened and let the Soviet Union expand their sphere of influence in our backyard, like they successfully did with Cuba? As a Latino/Hispanic, it's relatively peaceful there when you subtract the gang and cartel violence.
Another thing I have been asking myself for years, why aren't the leaders of these countries being held accountable? People are emigrating because they are not doing enough for the pueblo. As an American president or representative I will put out a message calling for the leaders in South and Central America to help their fellow man so they don't have to leave their home country. We can take in billions of migrants and those countries will still be in disarray because their leaders are bad at their job. The only solution is to fix these countries and create opportunities there, and I don't mean the US fixing these countries like this video states towards the end.
So the US fixing Europe, Japan and Korea after WW2 is justifiable but not in it's own continent of America? Brain washed 101.
Most Americans are very ignorant on world matters and especially on the imperialistic history of the United States toward all Latin America. Most people in the states, have an extremely nearsighted view on immigration, they think it's just that this country is such a grandiose nation that everybody in the world wants to come here. They do not have the slightest idea how many illegal interventions many via a coup d'état has done and instigated to get to the natural resources of those countries, and once it got what they wanted or it became too troublesome, they just left, leaving these countries in shambles, with rampant corruption poverty and violence.
As an American I hate how the government handle these issues and getting to involve in Central America. If I was president I would not get involve.