ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Red alert: The Trump administration is about to make a serious national security mistake, one that would affect not only the U.S., but the entire Western Hemisphere, undermining efforts to build an economically viable rural economy in countries in our own backyard, which could in turn help mitigate illegal immigration flows into America.
As a veteran CIA agent, I served for many years in countries throughout the region, working to promote stability and fighting terrorists and outright Marxists seeking to attack the good people of countries throughout Central and South America. During that time, I saw all too many international organizations working hand-in-hand with the forces of socialism to impoverish and imprison these good people, and control over agriculture and their food supply was always high on their list.
One bright spot, however, is the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), which the United States itself created on June 18, 1942 — meaning that it actually predates the United Nations itself.