United States interventions in Latin America

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United States foreign relations foreign policy practice historical phenomenon

United States interventions in Latin America comprise a long history of political, military, and covert actions by the U.S. government aimed at influencing the governance, economics, and strategic orientation of countries throughout the Latin American region.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Cold War in Latin America	4
United States interventions in Latin America canonical	3
U.S. interventions in Central America and the Caribbean	1
United States expansion in the Caribbean	1
United States intervention in Cuba	1
United States intervention in Honduras	1
United States involvement in Latin America	1
United States involvement in the Contra War	1
United States involvement in the Haitian crisis of the 1990s	1
United States occupation of Haiti	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States foreign relations ⓘ foreign policy practice ⓘ historical phenomenon ⓘ
hasActor	United States government ⓘ
hasComponent	covert operation ⓘ diplomatic pressure ⓘ economic intervention ⓘ military intervention ⓘ regime change operation ⓘ
hasConsequence	anti-American sentiment in Latin America ⓘ destabilization of local political systems ⓘ human rights abuses ⓘ long-term economic dependency ⓘ strengthening of authoritarian regimes ⓘ
hasDoctrinalBasis	Eisenhower Doctrine ⓘ Monroe Doctrine ⓘ Reagan Doctrine ⓘ Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine ⓘ surface form: Roosevelt Corollary Truman Doctrine ⓘ
hasMethod	CIA covert operations ⓘ direct military invasion ⓘ economic sanctions ⓘ political and electoral interference ⓘ support for proxy forces ⓘ training of foreign security forces ⓘ
hasMotivation	containment of communism ⓘ control of strategic resources ⓘ maintenance of regional hegemony ⓘ protection of U.S. economic interests ⓘ protection of U.S.-owned corporations ⓘ
hasRegion	Latin America ⓘ
hasTimePeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ
includesEvent	Alliance for Progress ⓘ surface form: Alliance for Progress programs Banana Wars ⓘ Bay of Pigs Invasion ⓘ CIA involvement in 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état ⓘ Operation Condor support activities ⓘ Plan Colombia ⓘ Operation Urgent Fury ⓘ surface form: U.S. invasion of Grenada Operation Just Cause ⓘ surface form: U.S. invasion of Panama U.S. involvement in 1973 Chilean coup d'état ⓘ U.S. involvement in the Guatemalan Civil War ⓘ U.S. involvement in the Honduran military buildup in the 1980s ⓘ U.S. involvement in the Mexican–American War ⓘ U.S. involvement in the Salvadoran Civil War ⓘ U.S. involvement in the Spanish–American War ⓘ Second Occupation of Cuba ⓘ surface form: U.S. occupation of Cuba U.S. occupation of Haiti ⓘ United States occupation of Nicaragua ⓘ surface form: U.S. occupation of Nicaragua United States occupation of the Dominican Republic ⓘ surface form: U.S. occupation of the Dominican Republic U.S. support for Contras in Nicaragua ⓘ U.S. support for anti-Castro operations in Cuba ⓘ U.S. support for military governments in Argentina ⓘ U.S. support for military governments in Brazil ⓘ U.S. support for military governments in Chile ⓘ U.S. support for military governments in Paraguay ⓘ U.S. support for military governments in Uruguay ⓘ U.S. support for right-wing paramilitaries in Colombia ⓘ U.S. support for the 2009 Honduran coup d'état ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Power Pack → partOf → United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ

El Mozote massacre → hasContext → United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cold War in Latin America

Banana Wars → hasPart → United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States occupation of Haiti

Banana Wars → hasPart → United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States intervention in Cuba

Banana Wars → hasPart → United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States intervention in Honduras

Banana Wars → alsoKnownAs → United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. interventions in Central America and the Caribbean

“Revolución en libertad” reform program → historicalContext → United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ

subject surface form: Revolución en libertad reform program

this entity surface form: Cold War in Latin America

1963 Dominican coup d’état → politicalContext → United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cold War in Latin America

U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic (1965) → partOf → United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States involvement in Latin America

Colombian armed conflict → relatedTo → United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cold War in Latin America

Operation Golden Pheasant → partOf → United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States involvement in the Contra War

Operation Uphold Democracy → partOf → United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States involvement in the Haitian crisis of the 1990s

United States occupation of Nicaragua → partOf → United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ

United States occupation of the Dominican Republic → partOf → United States interventions in Latin America ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States expansion in the Caribbean