America’s Coup Machine: Destroying Democracy Since 1953 U.S. efforts to overthrow foreign governments leave the world less peaceful, less just and less hopeful. By Nicolas J.S. Davies / AlterNet April 8, 2014 Soon after the 2004 U.S. coup to depose President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti, I heard Aristide’s lawyer Ira Kurzban speaking in … Continue reading America’s Coup Machine: Destroying Democracy Since 1953