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[Gopher]

[Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee]

[Gopher]

Most historians would agree with that, that by 1991 his era was over as a force of influence. (Pinochet was forced to step down and Chile began returning to normal and the Sandinistas also stepped down.)

But I'm not sure that his primary goal was to spread Communism as much as it seems to have been to defeat U.S. policy in any quarter...

setting aside the Missile Crisis, if you look at the entire pattern of U.S. reaction to fidelismo: the Alliance for Progress; the counterinsurgency programs; the special task forces to assassinate him, bring him down, or just harass him; the related covert operations; the support for military govts in Brazil, Chile, Central America, and others; the invasion of Grenada; all of the political and bureaucratic backlash, including a long series of Congressional hearings...

I think that he scored major direct and indirect hits that cost the U.S. dearly in funds and especially political capital -- especially in Latin America.

In that respect he has been something of a success: he destablizied the U.S. position in Latin America (Washington, of course, undermined itself, too), even if he failed to unite Latin America under his leadership like he (and now Chavez) dreamed of.

[Ya-ta Boy]

Anyone else besides me nostalgic for the days of exploding cigars and poisoned wet suits? Even a little bit?

[Gopher]

You forgot the dart gun...(a couple decades before my time, though).

[Hollywoodaction]

[Cthulhu]