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The US is not interested in fostering democracies. The US is only interested (and historically has only been interested) in creating client states. If that means supporting a dictatorship, so be it. This latest push for democratization is all about optics first and an attempt to mitigate blowback second.
Since the days of Mossadegh in Iran and Arbenz in Guatamala, the US has systematically taken down democratically elected leaders. They have done so either directly as in the case of them or indirectly as Allende in Chile. In all cases, the depots that came after were granted massive loans from organizations like the IMF, World Bank or USAID... massive loans that made them further indebted to US interests. The loans were always big enough that they would inevitably default and be forced to make concessions to US interests (usually oil and resource based interests).
This is not a new story. I see no reason for it to change.
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"My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars."
- Old Man Luedecke
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