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forest444

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Thu Mar 12, 2015, 09:36 PM
Mar 2015

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And a reminder of how these misguided interventions can, ultimately, backfire:



Another clear example of this dynamic at work is the $350 billion Latin debt crisis of the 1980s, which nearly ruined several U.S. banks (the most prominent was BofA, which had become technically insolvent until it was bailed out by the Japanese in 1986). The costly result of installing right-wing generals that ingratiate themselves with touchy Pentagon types, only to stab the U.S. in the back as soon as it's convenient.
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