Of course, he was secretly (or not so secretly any more) backed by the CIA, so the "coup" was to be expected.

Supposedly all the blood on the CIA hands from all over Latin America was to stop the 'Reds'. The reality was that it was the interests of American BIG Business and plain old capitalist profit.

Other than the odd homegrown socialist and imported Catholic clergy, the USA petty much had the whole of the Americas to itself to cockup and cockup it did. It was even behind the rape and murder of American Catholic nuns in the drive to stop "all men being created equal" becoming the norm. Fine notion for white Americans but not for the indigenous natives in the rest of the...

Of course, he was secretly (or not so secretly any more) backed by the CIA, so the "coup" was to be expected.

Supposedly all the blood on the CIA hands from all over Latin America was to stop the 'Reds'. The reality was that it was the interests of American BIG Business and plain old capitalist profit.

Other than the odd homegrown socialist and imported Catholic clergy, the USA petty much had the whole of the Americas to itself to cockup and cockup it did. It was even behind the rape and murder of American Catholic nuns in the drive to stop "all men being created equal" becoming the norm. Fine notion for white Americans but not for the indigenous natives in the rest of the Americas. Other that the drug state Columbia that costs a fortune to retain, the USA now hardly has a friend left there.