The extent of U.S. meddling in the governments of other countries cannot
be over-estimated. It is likely always to be far greater than can be
predicated based on published reports, because so much is kept secret by
the government and the government fabricates its own stories that go
into news stories. The U.S. meddling finds traction in foreign countries
because the U.S. has so many ways to pay off, bribe, extort, blackmail
and influence foreign political players. It has a vast range of positive
and negative inducements, such as loans, trade deals, market access,
tariff changes, humanitarian aid, military supplies, not to mention
public support. This is even without using the CIA or negative
information gleaned from spying. ...
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