The Future of U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America / Philip Agee ; interviewed by Nuri Mohammed.
Philip Agee, writer and former CIA agent, is interviewed about U.S. foreign policy objectives, and how those objectives may be met in Latin America. He observes the the US has been on a war economy since World War II, with National Security becoming the main objective of the government. He belives the US will manufacture a reason to send troops into Cuba, and that the military is developing a mercinary philsophy -- as demonstrated in the Gulf War. Democracy in Latin America can not come about, for it is contrary to American foreign policy interests. He concludes by saying we need to keep organized if we are going to avoid future intervention.|THE FUTURE OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD LATIN AMERICA / Philip Agee| interviewed by Nuri Mohammed. SERIES: Belize Carribean pulse| 26/4/91 - Philip Agee, writer and former CIA agent, is interviewed about U.S. foreign policy objectives, and how those objectives may be met in Latin America. He observes the the US has been on a war economy since World War II, with National Security becoming the main objective of the government. He belives the US will manufacture a reason to send troops into Cuba, and that the military is developing a mercinary philsophy--as demonstrated in the Gulf War. Democracy in Latin America can not come about, for it is contrary to American foreign policy interests. He concludes by saying we need to keep organized if we are going to avoid future intervention. BROADCAST: KPFK, 26 Apr. 1991.