It helped overthrow several communist-leaning governments. ApexVs.com :)
Two reasons:Economic interests, such as safeguarding continuous production and transport of raw materials from Latin America into the continental US. These include oil, copper or fruits.Ideological reasons, such as the Cold War.
Latin America was the strategic backyard of the US during the Cold War. The Cold War started after World War II and lasted until 1991.
During the Cold War, the U.S. intervened in Latin America primarily through covert operations, economic assistance, and military support to counter perceived communist threats. Notable interventions included the CIA-backed coup in Chile in 1973 that overthrew democratically elected President Salvador Allende, and support for authoritarian regimes in countries like Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador to suppress leftist movements. The U.S. also implemented policies like the Monroe Doctrine and the Roosevelt Corollary to justify intervention and maintain influence in the region. These actions often led to significant social and political repercussions in Latin American countries.
Cold War and economic interests.
It helped overthrow several communist-leaning governments. ApexVs.com :)
It helped overthrow several communist-leaning governments. ApexVs.com :)
Covert military actions or covert military aid
Covert military actions or covert military aid
during the cold war latin America was overpowered by communism, the u.s feared communism would over power them so they sent the cia to resolve the problem
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Two reasons:Economic interests, such as safeguarding continuous production and transport of raw materials from Latin America into the continental US. These include oil, copper or fruits.Ideological reasons, such as the Cold War.
Latin America was the strategic backyard of the US during the Cold War. The Cold War started after World War II and lasted until 1991.
The Cold War (1945 - 1991)
The U.S. intervened twice in Lebanon during the years 1958 and 1982.
During the cold war the American isolationism really extended from the Soviet Union to Latin America. This trend has since changed.
Afghanistan, Latin America, Central America and Africa