The second set of Guatemala readings really put me to shame. America’s intense involvement and murderous meddling in Guatemala depressed me and made me ashamed as an American. The C.I.A. colluded with Guatemalan army officers who worked in narcotics smuggling in order to maintain leverage over the Guatemalan army. It is so ludicrous that the American Drugs Enforcement Agency was at the same time working to prevent narcotics trafficking while the C.I.A. was not only undermining its efforts but much worse enabling the murder of U.S. citizens in Guatemala. The C.I.A. supported army officials who were responsible for vast human rights abuses. I was even more horrified that when eventually an investigation was initiated to uncover who was behind the human rights abuses, America never fully finished or publicized it. Overall, what happened in Guatemala and the U.S.’s involvement is appalling.
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