Sorry, what? Was this intended to be satire?
The US has done a great many things to make itself very hated in Latin America, and that is far from limited to, or even primarily in, Venezuela.
The US has done a great many things to make itself very hated in Latin America, and that is far from limited to, or even primarily in, Venezuela.
I obviously don't deny that the USA committed terrible abuses in Latin America, but I have yet to see the widespread resentment you speak of; not everybody walks around with a copy of The Open Veins in their pocket down here. Latin Americans can be as ignorant or apathetic of history as anybody in the USA.
I am not a Chavez supporter, but the claim that he or many Venezuelans "hate the USA" lacks nuance to say the least. If that were the case, Johann Santana would be reviled as a traitor for playing baseball in the USA, rather then being received by Chavez as a hero.
I haven't been to the Middle East, but I imagine the sentiment to be very similar. People have an odd way of resenting you when you back brutal dictators that kill thousands of civilians.
I ask you because I do, in fact, live in Latin America and my experience has not been what you describe.
> People have an odd way of resenting you when you back brutal dictators
Actually people tend to first resent the brutal dictators themselves. The person paying the hit man isn't usually as hated as the guy who actually stuck a gun in your face.
Honestly don't know what to make out if this.
Anyway have an up-vote, because in fact the US has done many things to be hated... as well as many things to be loved.
I, like many, many of my fellow Venezuelans, are very much, pro-USA.