The United States, which on Saturday attacked Venezuela and is said to have abducted its president, has a long history of military interventions and support for dictatorships in Latin America.
On multiple occasions the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and his successor Nicolas Maduro – who Donald Trump says is now in US hands – accused Washington of backing coup attempts.
Here are the main US interventions in Latin America since the Cold War.
1954: Guatemala
On June 27, 1954, colonel Jacobo…
US interventions in Latin America: a history of coups and conflicts
