Who was talking about a threat? these communists are so incompetent they cant even feed themselves properly, they had a good run while looting Venezuela, but it seems that they ran out of other people's money.
Such as? tell me one US puppet that could compare to the misery that is Venezuela?
Also Castro's revolution set back US-Latam relations for decades to come, the winds of change were in favor of democracy, people forget that the first Cuban embargo was against Batista, not Castro.
But when Castro well full soviet and with the missile crisis? the US felt an existential threat which led to a more aggressive and radical US foreign policy. The US believed (and rightly so considering Venezuela) that marxist-leninist would simply take power over by force and deception.
Its easy to see, because the moment the Soviet Union fell, the US completely changed their approach and relations with Latin America.
rgentina[edit]
See also:
National Reorganization Process,
Dirty War,
1976 Argentine coup d'état, and
Argentine economic crisis
Jorge Rafael Videla meeting
Jimmy Carter in 1977
In Argentina, military forces overthrew the
democratically elected President Isabel Perón in the
1976 Argentine coup d'état, starting the military dictatorship of General
Jorge Rafael Videla, known as the
National Reorganization Process, resulting in around 30,000 forced disappearances. Both the coup and the following authoritarian regime was eagerly endorsed and supported by the
United States government[1] with
US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger paying several official visits to Argentina during the dictatorship.
[2][3] Among the many
human rights violations committed during the period were extrajudicial arrests, mass executions, torture, rape, disappearances of political prisoners and dissenters,
[4] and illegal relocations of children born from pregnant women (both pregnant before their imprisonment or made pregnant by the continuous rape).
[2][4] According to Spanish judge
Baltazar Garzón, Kissinger was a witness to these crimes.
[5]
Brazil[edit]
Brazil experienced several decades of
authoritarian governments, especially after the US-backed
[6] 1964 Brazilian coup d'état against
social democrat João Goulart promoted, according to then
President John F. Kennedy, to "prevent Brazil from becoming another Cuba".
[7][
non-primary source needed]
Cuba[edit]
See also:
First Occupation of Cuba
See also:
Second Occupation of Cuba
See also:
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Chile[edit]
See also:
United States intervention in Chile and
Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–90)
Augusto Pinochet meeting
George H.W. Bush
After the
democratic election of
President Salvador Allende in 1970, an
economic war ordered by President
Richard Nixon,
[8] among other things, caused the
1973 Chilean coup d'état with the
involvement of the CIA[9][10] due to Allende’s
democratic socialist leanings. What followed was the decades-long
US-backed military
dictatorship of
Augusto Pinochet.
[11] In 1988 a
presidential referendum was held in order to confirm Pinochet’s ruling for 8 more years. The oppositional
Concertation of Parties for Democracy endorsed the “No” option, winning the referendum and ending Pinochet’s rule democratically. After that free elections were held in
1989 with Concertation winning again.
[12][13][14]
Costa Rica[edit]
See also:
Dictatorship of the Tinoco Brothers,
Costa Rican Civil War, and
Central American crisis
Costa Rica was the only country in Latin America that never had a long lasting authoritarian government in the 20th century. Its only dictatorship during the period was after the
1917 Costa Rican coup d'état led by
Minister of War Federico Tinoco Granados[15] against
President Alfredo González Flores after González attempted to increase tax on the wealthy, and it lasted only two years. In fact, the
US government lead by
Democratic President Woodrow Wilson did not recognize Tinoco's rule and, despite the fact that the
United Fruit Company was one of the affected companies by González' tax reform, helped the opposition that quickly overthrew Tinoco after a few months of warfare.
[15]
Years later
Christian socialist medic Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia of the
National Republican Party would
reach power through democratic means, promoting a general
social reform and allied to the
Costa Rican Communist Party.
[16]Tensions between government and the opposition, supported by the
CIA, caused the short-lived
Costa Rican Civil War of 1948 that ended Calderón's government and led to the short de facto rule of 18 months by
José Figueres Ferrer.
[16] However Figueres also held some left-leaning ideas and continued the social reformation.
[15] In any case, after the war democracy was quickly restored and a
two-party system encompassed by the parties of the Calderonistas and Figueristas developed in the country for nearly 60 years.
[15]
El Salvador[edit]
See also:
Salvadoran Civil War
After several peasant and workers uprisings in the country against the oligarchic and anti-democratic governments, often under the control of powerful American companies' interests like the
United Fruit Company. With the appearance of figures like
Farabundo Martí who lead these social revolts and were violently crushed, efforts to take power democratically were often thwarted by US intervention. Civil war spread with US-endorsed governments in
El Salvadorfacing guerrillas.
[17][18][19]
Guatemala[edit]
See also:
Guatemalan Civil War
Peasants and workers (mostly of indigenous descent) revolt during the first half of the Guatemalan 20th century due to harsh conditions and abuse from landlords and the government-supported American
United Fruit Company were brutally repressed. This led to the democratic election of
Jacobo Arbenz. Arbenz was overthrown during the US-backed
1954 Guatemalan coup d'état leading to
authoritarian governments endorsed by the United States.
[20] and nearly 40 years of civil war in the Central American country.
[21] United States president
Ronald Reagan, who sought to prevent the spread of communism in Central American countries near the United States, officially met with Guatemalan dictator
Efraín Ríos Montt, accused of
crimes against humanity, in Honduras, giving a strong support to his regime.
[22]
Nicaragua[edit]
State dinner between
US PresidentRichard Nixon and Nicaraguan
PresidentAnastasio Somoza Debayle
United States Marines with the captured flag of
Augusto César Sandino in 1932
See also:
United States occupation of Nicaragua and
Iran–Contra affair
After the
Sandinista Revolution that overthrew pro-American dictator
[23] Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaragua fought the
Contra guerrillassupported by the United States.
Panama[edit]
See also:
United States invasion of Panama
In 1903, the U.S. aided the
secession of Panama from the Republic of Colombia. The secession was engineered by a
Panamanian faction backed by the Panama Canal Company, a French–US corporation whose aim was the construction of a waterway across the
Isthmus of Panama thus connecting the
Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans. In 1903, the U.S. signed the
Hay-Herrán Treaty with Colombia, granting the United States use of the Isthmus of Panama in exchange for financial compensation.
[24][25] amidst the
Thousand Days' War. The
Panama Canal was already under construction, and the
Panama Canal Zone was carved out and placed under United States sovereignty. The US did not transfer the zone back to Panama until 2000.
Panamanian de facto ruler
Omar Torrijos' unexpected death in a plane crash has been attributed to US agents in collaboration with
Manuel Noriega.
[26][27] According to
John Perkins's book
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man the motive behind it was Torrijo's negotiations with Japanese businessmen to expand the
Panama Canal excluding American firms.
[28] Torrijos was also a supporter of the anti-
Somoza FSLN rebel group in
Nicaragua which stained his relationship with Reagan.
[29] Torrijos was succeeded by more pro-American dictator
Manuel Noriega, who sided with the US interests during Torrijos government.
[30][31]
However, increasing tensions between
Noriega and the
US government also led to the
United States invasion of Panama which ended in Noriega's overthrowing.
Paraguay[edit]
See also:
1954 Paraguayan coup d'etat and
El Stronato
Conservative Colorado Party in
Paraguay ruled the country for 65 consecutive years, including the American-supported
[32][33][34][35] brutal
dictatorship of
Alfredo Stroessner that lasted 35 years, from 1954 to 1989. Paraguay
is one of the poorest countries of
South America. This
dominant-party authoritarian system was temporarily broken in the
2008 Paraguayan general election, when practically the entire opposition united in the
Patriotic Alliance for Change and managed to elect former Bishop
Fernando Lugo of the
Christian Democratic Party as
President of Paraguay. Lugo's government was praised for its social reforms including investments in low-income housing,
[36] the introduction of free treatment in public hospitals,
[37][38] the introduction of cash transfers for Paraguay's most impoverished citizens
[39] and indigenous rights.
[40]
Peru[edit]
See also:
CIA activities in Peru
Alberto Fujimori and
Vladimiro Montesinos's Peruvian regime was supported by the CIA.
[41][42]
Uruguay[edit]
See also:
1973 Uruguayan coup d'état and
Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay
After 150 years of traditional democratic governments in Uruguay, a
civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay backed by the United States[43][44][45] started after the military-led
1973 Uruguayan coup d'état that suppressed the
Constitution of Uruguay of 1967, empowering
President Juan María Bordaberry as dictator. Trade union leaders and political opponents were arrested, killed or exiled, and human rights violations were abundant.
[46] Democracy was restored in the
1984 Uruguayan general election.
[47]
Obviously from the Wiki but certainly the US has hand in overthrowing numerous democratically elected governments. Certainly the US worked to destabilize thought governments that dared to disagree with them. US policy seems mostly driven by corporate interests.
Maybe it's time to let these countries decide for themselves what kind of government they want.
