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?
The Presidents in Central and South America: Timeline of events 1945-1981
Interactive Task: Develop this wiki by adding in brief explanations about each of the developments so that you have a framework of background knowledge:
(If you are not signed up, you could always cut and paste into a Word doc and work from there). Use colour to distinguish between the Presidents:
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?