Latin American Figures- Set 4 People

Key figures 38-53

Fidel Castro

(Cuba)

President of Cuba (1959-2008)

Leader of the Cuban Revolution

Salvador Allende

(Chile)

President of Chile (1970-1973)

First democratically elected Marxist in Latin America.

Overthrown in a US backed coup (1973), leading to Pinochet’s dictatorship

Jacobo Arbenz

(Guatemala)

President of Guatemala (1951-1954)

Led the land reform targeted the United Fruit Company

Overthrown in Operation PBSuccess, first major CIA coup (1954)

Augusto Pinochet

(Chile)

Military dictator of Chile (1973-1990)

Held a brutal regime after Allende’s fall.

Key figure in Operation Condor

Carlos Castillo Armas

(Guatemala)

Installed Guatemalan president after Arbenz

US- approved military regime, reversed reforms

First Cold War regime change in Latin America by CIA

Daniel Ortega

(Nicaragua)

Leader of Sandinista regime (1985-1990) (2007-present)

Marxist revolution backed by USSR, opposed by Contras.

Anastasio Somoza Debayle

(Nicaragua)

US supported dictator (1967-1979)

Led a brutal regime toppled by Sandinistas.

Holden Roberto

(Angola)

Leader of pro-Western FNLA faction during Angolan War

Backed by US against MPLA (USSR supported)

Ernesto Guevara

Worked closely with Castro to overthrow Batista (1959)

Argentine Marxist and key figure in Cuban Revolution

Promoted guerilla warfare and international socialist revolutions

Executed in Bolivia in 1967 during an attempted uprising.

Golda Mier

Prime minister of Israel (1969-1974)

Led Israel during the Yom Kippur War