Why Bernie Was Right to Oppose US Intervention in Central America
The New York Times recently attacked Bernie Sanders for opposing US intervention in Latin America in the 1980s. We should set the record straight on what the US was doing in Central America — and why Sanders was right to oppose it.
Bernie Sanders speaks during a news conference on the separation of immigrant children at the US Capitol on July 10, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Alex Edelman / Getty Images)
Recently, an indignant Bernie Sanders called the New York Times to respond to a May 17 hit piece. The article not-so-subtly condemned his support for the Sandinista revolution and opposition to US intervention in Central America in the 1980s.
“Let me just say this,” Bernie told the paper. “I plead guilty to, throughout my adult life, doing everything that I can to prevent war and destruction. . . . As a mayor, I did my best to stop American foreign policy, which for years was overthrowing governments in Latin America and installing puppet regimes.”
Bernie made no apologies, nor exaggerations. The US record in Latin America is written in blood.
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