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The US supported key dictators in Latin America who were ideological allies with the United States in its fight against Communism, even if they were not democratic. The primary goal of US Foreign Policy during the Cold War period was to prevent the spread of communism and if it appeared that a democratic election or a recently-empowered dictator would lead the march leftward, the US actively intervened to put a right-wing leader in charge.

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