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The Presidents in Central and South America: Timeline of events 1945-1981
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1947 - Truman Doctrine - Rio Pact 1948 - OAS 1950 - Kennan : 'The shadow of a tremendous helplessness and impotence falls today over most of the Latin American world' 1951 - US Mutual Security Act

1954 - Eisenhower/Dulles  - CIA-led coup in Gautemala to remove Arbenz. Dulles denied gvt. involvement 1960 - Authorized Operation Zapata; CIA to remove Castro 1961 - broke diplomatic ties with Cuba

1961 - Bay of Pigs invasion - Alliance for Progress 1962 - OAS voted to expel Cuba from OAS 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis - Operation Mongoose - Embargo

1963 - Mann Doctrine - Johnson Doctrine 1964 - Coup in Brazil 1965 - 20,000 US Troops to Dominican Republic 1967 - Che Guevera captured and killed in Bolivia

1969 - Nixon/Detente - CIA covert operations in Chile 1973 - Pinochet military coup; extent of CIA involvement?