The United States recently executed a large-scale military strike in Venezuela, capturing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, with plans for criminal charges against Maduro. This action is part of a broader history of U.S. military interventions in Latin America since the Cold War, including the 1954 coup in Guatemala, the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba in 1961, and support for various dictatorships in the 1970s. Notably, U.S. involvement in Nicaragua and El Salvador during the 1980s, alongside the intervention in Grenada in 1983, highlights the consistent U.S. strategy to counter leftist movements in the region. Overall, these interventions reflect the U.S.’s longstanding policy of military involvement in Latin American affairs.
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