Guatemala: “Soft Coup” Scenario
The attacks launched by the United Statesagainst Nicolas Maduro, Rafael Correa, Evo Morales, Dilma Rousseff and
Christina Fernandez are becoming increasingly intensive. Washington
believes that the fall of one of them will spur a domino effect across
Latin America and clear the continent from “populists”.
Surprisingly, the US embassy in Guatemala has conducted a special operation to dismiss President
Otto Perez Molina. He was believed to be a creation of the Pentagon and
the State Department. In the 1980s Washington encouraged repressions to
quell the guerilla movement in Guatemala and Central America. General
Perez Molina was in charge of punitive actions conducted by
the Guatemalan special-forces unit known as the Kaibiles.
Then the Central Intelligence Agency helped him to become Director of
Military Intelligence. Washington had no doubt that as President he
would obediently follow the instructions to counter the activities of
regional “populists”.
But Perez strived for independence. He
ignored direct instructions coming from the embassy and demonstrated in
every possible way that he was the one to call the shots in Guatemala.
He even told his inner circle that was going to declare the US
ambassador Todd Robinson persona non grata. The embassy got a tip on the
President’s plans and stole a march on him. It used the fight against
corruption to topple Perez. Officially International Commission against
impunity in Guatemala (CICIG)
leads the fight under the United Nations auspices. In reality, the
Commission is controlled by the US State Department and the Central
Intelligence Agency that do their best to clear the way for a “new
generation” of the US henchmen into Guatemalan politics.
