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For the past four years, the major force promoting instability and revolution in this hemisphere has been the United States Government.

In a fog of public inattention, the U.S. State Department has moved with surgical precision to topple Latin American governments friendly to our interests. The prototypical case is Nicaragua, where the Castro-lining Sandinistas have, with our assistance, replaced the anti-Communist Somoza. Similar policies, presaging similar results, have unfolded in El Salvador and Guatemala.

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For the past four years, the major force promoting instability and revolution in this hemisphere has been the United States Government.

In a fog of public inattention, the U.S. State Department has moved with surgical precision to topple Latin American governments friendly to our interests. The prototypical case is Nicaragua, where the Castro-lining Sandinistas have, with our assistance, replaced the anti-Communist Somoza. Similar policies, presaging similar results, have unfolded in El Salvador and Guatemala.