The US Navy and Usnavy

The US Army and Navy and CIA are no strangers in Latin America, having participated in a plethora of wars and coups d'etat throught the region, from Guatemala to Panama, from Venezuela to Chile.  But assassinating democratically-elected leaders leading to years of suppression, torture, and disappearances is not their only legacy...

For more than a hundred years, the US Navy has visited Colombian beaches and ports, such as Cartagena.  Now, when a lonely sailor with US dollars in his pockets meets a poor but beautiful local girl, it's no wonder sparks are gonna fly.  Like in the Andrews Sisters' song :

Drinkin' rhum and Coca-Cola
Go down Point Koomahnah
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar

Since the Yankee come to Trinidad
They got the young girls all goin' mad
Young girls say they treat 'em nice
Make Trinidad like paradise

Later, while dad's back on the high seas or visiting a Banana Republic fomenting political change and rousing rabble, mom's giving birth to little Junior.  She wants to give the baby boy his father's name.  What was his name again ?  Oh, yeah, it was printed in bold letters on his uniform !  USNAVY !

Right now in Colombia, or along other Latin american coastlines, you just might encounter one of the US Navy's hereditary legacies : Usnavy Ramirez or Usnavy Hernandez or Usnavy Santos...