We're all acquainted with the Lima Group, that confection of robust democracies spearheaded by Chrystia Freeland and including such human rights champions as Honduras, Guatemala, Colombia, and Brazil. Their purpose is to restore democracy to Venezuela by ousting its democratically elected government.
By far the largest of these, with a population of over 200 million, is Brazil. What's come out recently is the extent of US meddling in last year's election, in which the Americans connived to sideline the most popular politician in Brazil, the leftish Lula de Silva, and install extremist far-right nut job Jair Bolsonaro as president.
That's how Uncle Sam's plucky band of democracy promoters roll. Democracy is far too precious to be left in the hands of voters.
For a little more background on the Lima Group, check this out.
What we should find disturbing is that the same mainstream media constantly boasting of how critical they are to the survival of democracy never seem to hold their governments to account when they are exposed as working to destroy it.
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