One only needs to Google up names of dictators in Central America and behind each one you will usually find the CIA or  the State Department of the US connected with a these Goons, Coups or worse, horrendous genocide as recently reported in the trial of Efrain Rios Montt.  President’s Nixon and Ronald Reagan are but two of our Presidents who have been connected with these people.  First, a hat tip to Eric Jackson for the video he posted on the Panama News called Guatemala, a Coup made in America

Then, the Times article that covered the trail and conviction of Rios Montt.  President Reagan described him as “a man of great personal integrity and commitment.” Former Leader of Guatemala Is Guilty of Genocide Against Mayan Group

US interests have been at work long and hard in Central America and one of the best stories I read was on Panama written by Ovidio Diaz called  How Wall Street Created a Nation: J.P. Morgan, Teddy Roosevelt, and the Panama Canal. It is worth reading.