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U.S.-Backed Coups

Guess the country based on the date and brief description of the coup! This quiz highlights a selection of U.S.-backed coups from the Cold War era to today—covering direct interventions, covert operations, and support for opposition groups. A full list would be much longer, but this should still be a challenge!
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1953 – The U.S. and UK overthrew a prime minister who nationalized the oil industry, replacing him with a monarch
Iran
1954 – The CIA ousted a democratically elected leader who had redistributed land from a U.S. fruit company to the people
Guatemala
1960-1965 – The U.S. helped remove and kill a popular leader in a newly independent African nation for beeing " a potential communist", supporting a dictator instead
Congo
1961 – The right-wing dictator of this Caribbean Country, was murdered with weapons supplied by the United States CIA
Dominican Republic
1963 – The U.S helped overthrow this southeast-Asian Country and stayed involved in a war for over a decade
South-Vietnam
1964 – To overthrow this socialist president in South America, the USA send their Navi and Airforce to help the military rebels through "Operation Brother Sam"
Brazil
1965 – The U.S. supported the overthrow of the leader of a Southeast Asian country, leading to mass killings.
Indonesia
1973 – The CIA assisted in removing a democratically elected socialist leader in South America, replacing him with a brutal dictator
Chile
1976 – The U.S. supported a military junta taking over this South American nation, leading to thousands of disappearances
Argentina
1983 – The U.S. invaded this small Caribbean nation after a left-wing coup, citing the safety of US-medical students with "Operation Urgent Fury"
Grenada
1989 – The U.S. invaded this Central American country and removed a leader they had previously supported in the drug trade
Panama
1991, 2004 – The U.S. helped oust this Caribbean country's first democratically elected president twice
Haiti
2002 – A brief coup in this South American nation, supported by the U.S., failed to remove its socialist president
Venezuela
2009 – The U.S. supported a coup against a left-leaning president in this Central American country.
Honduras
2014 – The U.S. backed the removal of a pro-Russian president in this Eastern European country, fueling ongoing conflict.
Ukraine
2019 – The U.S. supported the removal of a socialist indigenous president in this South American country after disputed elections.
Bolivia
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