Episode 1: Coups explores the impact of U.S.-backed military coups in 1960s Latin America during the Cold War, highlighting Brazil’s 1964 overthrow of President Joao Goulart and Chile’s 1973 coup against President Salvador Allende, which led to General Augusto Pinochet’s brutal regime. The episode also covers Operation Condor’s political repression, Panama’s Omar Torrijos’ struggle for the Panama Canal, and Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution against the Somoza dictatorship. Through these events, the series reveals the complex and often violent U.S.-Latin American relations shaped by interventions and internal conflicts.
