Trump on Kim: "A talented man who loves his country very much. An honor to meet him." For the record of history, never before has a U.S. President spoken this way of a dictator accused of crimes against his own people.
Reagan on Ríos Montt, convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity: “a man of great personal integrity and commitment” who was “getting a bum rap on human rights”
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Reagan never backed Rios Montt (who was legally railroaded). Military aid from Washington to Guatemala was cut off in 1977 by Carter and resumed in 1986, after a civilian government returned in Guatemala City.
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And when America did cut off aid, other industrialized powers, like France, Spain and Italy (even under socialist governments) were more than happy to fill in the void. It is also when American influence was at it most minimum....
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and when Cuban and Soviet Communist influence with the guerrillas was at its maximum that the political violence reached its peak in Guatemala.
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