PARIS — The United States’ attack on Venezuela and its abduction of its president on Saturday follows a long history of military interventions and support for dictatorships in Latin America. The late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and his successor Nicolas Maduro — who US President Donald Trump says is now in their hands — accused Washington of backing coup attempts multiple times. Here are the main US interventions in Latin America since the Cold War. 1954: Guatemala On June 27, 1954, Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, president of Guatemala, was driven from power by mercenaries trained and financed by Washington, after […]... Keep on reading: The long history of US military interventions in Latin America