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Jacob arbenz

Leader of Guatemala pre 1954- wanted to make United fruit company pay taxes

How did US react to Arbenz

Overthrown him in a coup and installed authoritarian Carlos Castillo

Mohammed mossadeq

Leader of Iran pre 1954- wanted to nationalize western ruled oil (by BP and west)

Hiw did the US react to Iran’s new oil movement

They and british finanaced Overthrow anti colonial government led by mossadeq and installed Shah Reza Pahlavi

Gutamelas reaction to us interference

Anger at disrupting their democratic processes

Iranian reaction to US interference

Anger at interference which fueled 1979 resistance

Who was leader of egpt and what’d he do to piss off the west

Gamal Abdel Nasser - threatened to regain control Of suez canal

Us and british reaction to egypts threats

They were angry, Britain + France tried to regain control of suez canal but they failed

Egyptian response to the west

Gamal became more friendly with the soviets

Who was the prime minister of hungry and what’d he do to piss of the soviets

Imre Nagy- wanted to drop out of the Warsaw pact

Soviets feared more would follow if they did

How did the soviets react to Hungary announcement

They sent tanks and soldiers to subdue the people and killed heads of government

Hungarys recation to Soviet intervention

Unhappy but powerless to do anything about it

Who was the president of the DR and what’d he do to piss off the US

Juan Bosch - attempted social reforms which US feared could be them turning communist “another cuba”

What did the US do t the DR

Supported coup against Bosch and installed anti-communist forces there for the next 30 years

DRians reaction to US intervention

Anger at interfering in democratic process

Who was Czechoslovakia leader and what’d he do to piss of soviets in 1968

Alexander Dubeck wanted “socialism with a human face”

(Communism without the dictatorship)

Soviets feared this would lead to resistance movement and it did - Prague Springs youth movement

How did soviets react to Czechoslovakia

Declared “Brezhnev Doctrine”: the Soviet Union had the right to prevent its satellites from rejecting communism. Soviet armed forces invaded and removed Dubcek from power

Czechoslovakia reaction to Soviet intervention

Unhappy but powerless

What happened in Nicaragua

U.S. feared that Sandinistas, led by Daniel Ortega, were communists.

Us responses to Daniel Ortega

Provided massive economic and military aid to anti-government “Contra” organization. War and turmoil led to decline in support for Sandinistas. Lost election in 1990 to a pro-US political party.