History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America
Location - Period - Type of Force - Comments on U.S. Role
Argentina - 1890 - Troops - Buenos Aires interests protected
Chile 1891 - Troops - Marines clash with nationalist rebels
Haiti - 1891 - Troops - Black workers revolt on U.S.-claimed Navassa Island defeated
Nicaragua - 1894 - Troops - Month-long occupation of Bluefields
Panama - 1895 - Naval, troops - Marines land in Colombian province
Nicaragua - 1896 - Troops - Marines land in port of Corinto
Cuba - 1898 - Naval, troops - Seized from Spain, U.S. still holds Navy base at Guantanamo
Puerto Rico - 1898 - Naval, troops - Seized from Spain, occupation continues
Nicaragua - 1898 - Troops - Marines land at port of San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua - 1899 - Troops - Marines land at port of Bluefields
Honduras - 1903 - Troops - Marines intervene in revolution
Dominican Republic - 1903-04 - Troops - U.S. interests protected in Revolution
Cuba - 1906-09 - Troops - Marines land in democratic election
Nicaragua - 1907 - Troops - "Dollar Diplomacy" protectorate set up
Honduras - 1907 - Troops - Marines land during war with Nicaragua
Panama - 1908 - Troops - Marines intervene in election contest
Nicaragua - 1910 - Troops - Marines land in Bluefields and Corinto
Honduras - 1911 - Troops - U.S. interests protected in civil war
Cuba - 1912 - Troops - U.S. interests protected in Havana
Panama - 1912 - Troops - Marines land during heated election
Honduras - 1912 - Troops - Marines protect U.S. economic interests
Nicaragua - 1912-33 - Troops, bombing - 20-year occupation, fought guerrillas
Mexico - 1913 - Naval - Americans evacuated during revolution
Dominican - Republic - 1914 - Naval - Fight with rebels over Santo Domingo
Mexico - 1914-18 - Naval, troops - Series of interventions against nationalists
Haiti - 1914-34 - Troops, bombing - 19-year occupation after revolts
Dominican Republic - 1916-24 - Troops - 8-year Marine occupation
Cuba - 1917-33 - Troops - Military occupation, economic protectorate
Panama - 1918-20 - Troops - "Police duty" during unrest after elections
Honduras - 1919 - Troops - Marines land during election campaign
Guatemala - 1920 - Troops - 2-week intervention against unionists
Costa Rica - 1921 - Troops
Panama - 1921 - Troops
Honduras - 1924-25 - Troops - Landed twice during election strife
Panama - 1925 - Troops - Marines suppress general strike
El Salvador - 1932 - Naval - Warships sent during Faribundo Marti revolt
Uruguay - 1947 - Nuclear threat - Bombers deployed as show of strength
Puerto Rico - 1950 - Command operation - Independence rebellion crushed in Ponce
Guatemala - 1954-? - Command operation, bombing, nuclear threat - CIA directs exile invasion and coup d'Etat after newly elected government nationalizes unused U.S.'s United Fruit Company lands; bombers based in Nicaragua; long-term result: 200,000 murdered
Panama - 1958 - Troops - Flag protests erupt into confrontation
Cuba - 1961 - Command operation - CIA-directed exile invasion fails
Cuba - 1962 - Nuclear threat, naval - Blockade during missile crisis; near-war with Soviet Union
Panama - 1964 - Troops - Panamanians shot for urging canal's return
Dominican Republic - 1965-66 - Troops, bombing - Marines land during election campaign
Guatemala 1966-67 Command operation Green Berets intervene against rebels
Chile - 1973 - Command operation - CIA-backed coup ousts democratically elected Marxist president
El Salvador - 1981-92 - Command operation, troops - Advisors, overflights aid anti-rebel war, soldiers briefly involved in hostage clash; long-term result: 75,000 murdered and destruction of popular movement
Nicaragua - 1981-90 - Command operation, naval - CIA directs exile (Contra) invasions, plants harbor mines against revolution; result: 50,000 murdered
Honduras - 1982-90 - Troops - Maneuvers help build bases near borders
Grenada - 1983-84 - Troops, bombing - Invasion four years after revolution
Bolivia - 1987 - Troops - Army assists raids on cocaine region
Panama - 1989 - Troops, bombing - Nationalist government ousted by 27,000 soldiers, leaders arrested, 2000+ killed
Haiti - 1994-95 - Troops, naval - Blockade against military government; troops restore President Aristide to office three years after coup
Venezuela - 2002 - Command operation - Failed coup attempt to remove left-populist president Hugo Chavez
Haiti - 2004- Troops - Removal of democratically elected President Aristide; troops occupy country
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