1954 ⟶ Castillo Armas Elected President of Guatemalan Junta
Col. Carlos Castillo Armas is elected president of the junta...
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🗳️ Castillo Armas Elected President of Guatemalan Junta
Col. Carlos Castillo Armas is elected president of the junta that overthrew the administration of Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman.⟶
GuatemalaPoliticsCoupCold WarLatin AmericaCastillo ArmasDictatorship
🇬🇹 CIA-Backed Coup Overthrows Guatemalan Government
The elected leftist Guatemalan government is overthrown in a CIA-backed coup. An unstable rightist regime installs itself. Opposition leads to a guerrilla war with Marxist rebels in which major human rights abuses are committed on all sides. Nevertheless, the regime survives until the end of the Cold War.⟶
GuatemalaCIACoupCold WarLatin AmericaHuman RightsInterventionismGuerrilla War
⚔️ Guatemalan Civil War Begins
🪖 Military Coup in Peru
Peruvian General Juan Velasco Alvarado overthrows President Fernando Belaunde Terry in a military coup.⟶
PerucoupmilitaryLatin AmericapoliticsgovernmentCold Warsocialism
🗳️ Salvador Allende Elected President of Chile
Salvador Allende becomes president of Chile after being confirmed by the Chilean congress.⟶
ChileSalvador AllendeelectionsocialismCold WarLatin Americapoliticscoup
🇵🇾 Stroessner Deposed in Paraguayan Coup
Alfredo Stroessner was deposed in a coup led by Andrés Rodríguez.⟶
ParaguayCoupStroessnerMilitaryLatin America1989DictatorshipPolitics