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South America During the Cold War - Coggle Diagram
South America During the Cold War
GUATEMALA
The country had just introduced sweeping land reforms in order to benefit their impoverished populace.
The US government started supplying anti- Arbenz forces with training and weapons.
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Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, the president of Guatemala at the time was overthrown.
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
President Johnson feared that their country would become "second Cuba" so they used their forces in order to regain power
The country recently experienced a 30 year brutal dictatorship led by Rafael Leonidas
President Johnson deployed 42.000 troops to combat the constituational forces
EL SALVADOR
Eisenhower withheld recognition because he feared leftist tendincies
In the following three months a more desirable right-wing counter-coup arrived
El Salvador was promised free elections by a new junta.
CUBA
CIA tried assassinating Castro by using exploding cigars and poisoned milkshakes.
Castro claims Cuba as a communist state and begins to ally the USSR and allows them to deploy missiles on their island.
The US broke off diplomatic relationships and also imposed a trade embargo in response to Castro's reforms.
containment was an effective foreign policy in South America because it made others fear the consiquenses.
The policy of containment in the country of Cuba, I believe was bad because the some people felt they had little choice in their beleifs.
