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The Gulf War was more than 20 years ago. Same with Noriega. The OP asked about "now or over the past 20 years". The Iraq & Afghanistan war were defensive reactions to 9/11, and ongoing Islamic terrorism from al Qaeda et al. The Afghanistan war should still be going on now as defense from al Qaeda and Pakistan's nukes.Of course you'd say such a thing because you're just that STUPID.
Examples: The Gulf War, Manuel Noriega, the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War, Trump's attempt to extort the Ukrainian President.
Since the 1970's, the World Bank and the IMF, both headquartered in New York and basically under American control, imposed certain "capitalistic ideologies" based on Milton Friedman's toxic and failed economic models, on new nations seeking to join western democracy or to promote democratic values. See Chile, Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Poland, South Africa, Russia.
That's just off the top of my head.
As for the Ukraine, it was Biden who didn't just "try" to extort the Ukrainians. HE DID IT, and then bragged about it on video.
There has been no US imperialism in the last 20 years.
And you forgot THIS >>>
Remittance flows worldwide in 2017
Worldwide, an estimated $625 billion (USD) was sent by migrants to individuals in their home countries in 2017, a 7% increase from 2016, when the amount was $586 billion, according to economists at the World Bank. This increase follows two consecutive years of decline.
www.pewresearch.org