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For two centuries the United States has treated the Western Hemisphere as its sphere of influence — and how, and why, is a messier and more revealing story than the textbook version. From the war with Mexico and the USS Maine to the Cold War interventions, the corporations that drew their own borders, and the invasions of Grenada and Panama — told from primary documents, declassified cables, and peer-reviewed scholarship. Narrated by AI voices from sourced, human-reviewed research.
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Show notesFor half a century, three mining families owned Bolivia's tin — and through the tin, owned Bolivia. Simon Patiño ran his empire from New York and Europe to keep it beyond Bolivian taxes; with the Aramayo and Hochschild h
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Show notesFor most of the twentieth century, one American company decided who governed, who worked, and who ate across much of Central America and the Caribbean. It grew bananas — but it also owned the railroads, the ports, and th
Show notesIn the remote lowlands of 1960s Bolivia, American doctors raced to stop a lethal hemorrhagic fever the locals called "Black Typhus" — and a few years later, U.S.-trained Bolivian Rangers cornered and killed Che Guevara n
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