LATIN AMERICA (1996-97)
Clark, assigned to Panama to lead the US Southern Command, namely, Latin American operations, supplied various regimes that practice terror on their citizenry with a great many military "advisors" and US mercenaries. During this period, Latin America experienced a sharp increase in human rights violations. In Colombia, for example, there were 2,400 political assassinations (not taking into consideration the numerous incidents of people going missing or simply vanishing) committed by the military as well as paramilitary groups that were trained and equipped by Wesley Clark.
� � The Objective: a long series of aggressions against Chile, Cuba and many others. It's about waging brutal combat operations against liberation movements in Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, Mexico and Bolivia. It's always done for the purpose of allowing U.S. multi-nationals to continue to keep the upper hand, with respect to economic relations, in Latin America. The fact that these wars were fought far away from news cameras does not diminish Clark's responsibility.
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