Thank you for the insightful post. It is a real pity our countries do not learn from past errors. I hate when politicians use the anti-imperialist discourse to justify their corruption and ineptitude.
Here in Venezuela the chavistas proved without any doubt that even with all the money in the world and all the political power if the 3rd world leaders continue thinking about their personal vendetas, getting rich, and pursuing power for power's sake the empires can consider themselves exhonerated from any responsibility. These idiots are willing to rule over ashes.