The United States' history of intervening in Latin America

PARIS — The United States, which on Saturday attacked Venezuela and is said to have abducted its president, has a long history of military interventions and support for dictatorships in Latin America. On multiple occasions the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and his successor Nicolas Maduro — who US leader Donald Trump says is now in US hands — accused Washington of backing coup attempts. Here are the main US interventions in Latin America since the Cold War. READ: US bombs Venezuela, captures President Maduro for ‘narco’ trial 1954: Guatemala On June 27, 1954, Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, president of […]... Keep on reading: The United States' history of intervening in Latin America