Bloody price of US foreign policy

IN a recent letter to the Irish Examiner, Jim Malo from Connecticut sought “specific information” on civilian torture by US authorities.

Bloody price of US foreign policy
Mon, 06 Dec, 2004 - 00:00

I think I can help him.

From 1945 to 2000 the US attempted to overthrow more then 40 foreign governments, usually successfully, and more then 30 populist movements struggling against dictatorships in their own countries.

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