Alex wrote:

Doug, please!!! I said there are no trade AGREEMENTS, not that there
was no trade whatsoever!

TRICK QUESTION: what pays the bills, trade, or trade
agreements?


THE ASSERTION:
The US installed numerous dictatorships in South America for one
reason: the fear that somehow communism would take hold of what US
considered its "backyard".


THE EVIDENCE:
Have you ever heard of a movie called "Missing"? This is a 1982
nonfiction movie, with Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek. Unless you fear
your beliefs can be shaken by a simple movie, I dare you to watch it.