Matt Kennard is cofounder and chief investigator at Declassified UK, a news outlet investigating British foreign policy. He formerly worked as director at the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) in London and as a staff writer for the Financial Times.
The US’s record of intervening in the politics of Global South countries is well known. But in recent decades, US intelligence agencies have meddled even in the affairs of staunch ally the UK, and the US military maintains a major presence in the country.
The investor-state dispute settlement is a system that empowers foreign investors to sue a sovereign government. It was instituted in the 1960s against the votes of most Latin American countries — and continues to wreak havoc today.