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History of US Interventions

479 events in this timeline

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  1. 2005-02-15 February 15, 2005: Secretary of State Says Chavez Government is a ‘Negative Force in the Region’
  2. 2005-02-16 February 16, 2005: CIA Director Names Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, and Cuba as ‘Potential Areas for Instability’
  3. 2005-02-20 February 20, 2005: Chavez Claims US Again Plotting against Him
  4. 2005-02-23 February 23, 2005: US State Department Denies Chavez Assassination Plot Allegations
  5. 2005-02-25 February 25, 2005: Riggs Bank Officials Pay $9 Million in Reparations for Victims of Pinochet; Bank Laundered Money for Dictator
  6. 2005-03-01 March 1, 2005: Venezuelan Navy Detects Small Fleet of US Vessels in Caribbean
  7. 2005-03-04 March 4, 2005: Chavez Says US-Sponsored Trade Agreement Is Dead
  8. 2005-03-29 March 29, 2005: Riggs Bank Pays Criminal Fine for Not Reporting Pinochet Transactions
  9. 2005-06-29 June 29, 2005: Caribbean Countries and Venezuela Sign Petrocaribe Alliance
  10. 2005-08-22 August 22, 2005: Christian Broadcaster Calls for Assassination of Venezuelan President
  11. 2005-08-24 August 24, 2005: Former CIA Operative Advocates Assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
  12. 2005-09-07 September 7, 2005: Caribbean Countries and Venezuela Agree to Details of Petrocaribe Alliance
  13. 2005-09-30 September 30, 2005: Hugo Chavez: Venezuela Moves Funds from US to Europe and Other Countries
  14. 2005-11-08 November 8, 2005: UN General Assembly Calls on US to End Economic Boycott of Cuba
  15. 2006-04-05 April 5, 2006: US Ambassador to Nicaragua Offers Support to Right-Wing Candidates
  16. 2006-04-25 April 25, 2006: Chavez Agrees to Sell Fuel to 51 Nicaraguan Communities on Preferential Terms
  17. 2006-04-28 April 28, 2006: Department of State: Cuba and Venezuela Support Terrorism
  18. 2006-05-11 May 11, 2006: British High Court Rules in Favor of Chagossians
  19. 2006-08-18 August 18, 2006: National Intelligence Office Establishes New ‘Mission Manager’ for Intel on Cuba and Venezuela
  20. 2006-08-21 August 21, 2006: ODNI: Venezuela and Cuba ‘Constrict’ Democracy
  21. 2006-09-13 (September 13, 2006): US Ambassador Justifies US Efforts to Warn Nicaraguans Against Electing Ortega as Next President
  22. 2006-09-22 September 22-23, 2006: US Congressman Theatens Less Aid for Nicaraguans If Ortega Wins Elections
  23. 2006-10-30 October 30, 2006: State Department Hints at Possible Sanctions against Nicaragua if Ortega Becomes President
  24. 2007-05-23 May 23, 2007: Appeals Court Rules in Chagossians’ Favor
  25. 2008-06-02 June 2, 2008: British MP Files Complaint over Use of Diego Garcia in Rendition of ‘Ghost Detainees’
  26. 2013-07-12 July 12, 2013: South Korean Supreme Court Orders Monsanto, Dow to Pay Damages to Soldiers Harmed by ‘Agent Orange’ Toxin Exposure during Vietnam War
  27. 2026-02-19 February 19,1962: US Wants Britian to Agree to ‘Remedial Steps’ over Guyana
  28. Late June 2006: US Southern Command Report Warns about Resource Nationalism in South America
  29. September 1970: US Ambassador: US Will Subject Chileans to ‘Utmost Deprivation and Poverty’ after Allende Takes Office
  30. 1985: US Banker Praises Unregulated Financial Policies of Venezuelan Dictator
  31. Late December 1990: National Intelligence Estimate Predicts Iraq will Withdraw Rather than Face US Invasion
  32. Late 1990: Defense Secretary Cheney Helps Plan Iraq Invasion
  33. Mid-1990: US Intelligence Community Predicts Iraq Will Not Invade Kuwait
  34. May 1951: Coup Prevents Bolivian President from Taking Office
  35. 1952: Revolt Restores Elected President to Power in Bolivia
  36. 1957: Ex-Nazi Leader Klaus Barbie Flees to Bolivia, Assists Regime
  37. 1964-1982: Military Overthrows Bolivian Government
  38. 1967: Che Guevara Executed in Bolivia
  39. 1985: New Brazilian President Elected, Acts to Improve Economy
  40. 1998-2000: Bechtel Subsidiary Wins Bolivian Water Supply Contract; Prices Doubled
  41. 1961: New President of Brazil Elected, Resigns
  42. 1962-1964: CIA Conducts Campaign against Brazilian Politician
  43. Early 1964: Brazil Nationalizes Oil, Expropriates Unused Land, and Limits Multinationals’ Sending Profits Abroad
  44. 1964-1985: Ring-Wing Dictatorships Take Power in Brazil
  45. 2003: Governor Jeb Bush Defends Orange Juice Tariffs Protecting Florida Farmers
  46. 1955: King of Cambodia Opts Not to Join South East Asia Treaty Organization
  47. March 1969: Kissinger Convinces Nixon to Start Secretly Bombing Cambodia
  48. May-August 1973: US Steps Up Bombing of Cambodia
  49. 1975-1978: Cambodia Collapses under Khmer Rouge Regime
  50. December 1978-1979: Vietnam Arms Cambodian Exiles, Who Attack Cambodia