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As a former US President / Colonizer, Carter was in charge of the CIA. So obviously this is just more Western interference in Latin America. /s
Really pissed off that there are commenters here who believe Maduro was a champion of his people and not just another selfish, power-hungry dictator. Socialist leaders needs checks and balances too.
You don’t have to white wash Carter’s foreign policy to criticize Maduro.
Carter’s own national security advisor tried to legitimize Pol Pot for fuck’s sake. That’s not to mention Carter continued support for the Indonesian dictator as he carried out a genocide in East Timor. Oh and we shouldn’t forget the Carter administration started the program which funded and armed the right wing islamist progenitors of the Taliban in Afghanistan. More relevant to Latin America, Carter’s support for the El Savadoran military dictatorship was critical for its stability as it committed unspeakable atrocities.
Don’t be confused by Carter’s outward humanitarianism in his post presidency. He was not an aberration when it comes to US foreign policy and I wouldn’t expect the Carter center to be either. It’s literally run these days by a woman who spent much of her career working for USAID.
The Carter Center's goal is to advance human rights and alleviate human suffering,[3] including helping improve the quality of life for people in more than 80 countries.[4] The center has many projects including election monitoring, supporting locally led state-building and democratic institution-building in various countries, mediating conflicts between warring states, and intervening with heads of states on behalf of victims of human rights abuses. It also leads disease eradication efforts, spearheading the campaign to eradicate Guinea worm disease, as well as controlling and treating onchocerciasis, trachoma, lymphatic filariasis, and malaria through awareness campaigns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Center
Just in case someone wants to talk about how this is some sort of American right-wing organization devoted to furthering a CIA agenda.
Also, the Guinea worm campaign has been amazingly effective.
The Carter Center is literally run by a woman who worked for much of her career at USAID, an agency that has directly supported regime change efforts in Latin America.
Between 1993 and 2001, Alexander was USAID’s deputy for the Europe region, focusing on immediate post-conflict reconstruction in the Balkans. After leaving for 10 years to work in a leadership role in the nonprofit sector, Alexander returned to USAID in 2011 as a Presidential appointee to be the assistant administrator for Europe and Eurasia; in 2015, she was again Senate-confirmed to lead the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Bureau, overseeing 1,000 employees, programs in 12 countries, and more than $1.4 billion in annual funding.
https://www.cartercenter.org/about/experts/paige-alexander.html
Meaning she had absolutely nothing to do with Latin America or any regime changes.
she had absolutely nothing to do with […] any regime changes
That’s certainly not true if you if you know anything about recent Balkan history.
Between 1993 and 2001, Alexander was USAID’s deputy for the Europe region, focusing on immediate post-conflict reconstruction in the Balkans.
USAID financially supported anti-government organizations in the Balkans in order to foment regime change during her tenure. This isn’t a secret either. That information is publicly available. If she was working at USAID during that time at best she was only tangentially involved.
I had only saw a video of the opposition announcing they’re winning by a wide margin, and thought “good for them! They’ll finally start the hard work of rebuilding their institutions.”
I’m sad that’s not the case.
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