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The Bay of Pigs
The C.I.A. sent 1,500 Cuban exiles to invade and dismantle Castro's regime. The opperation failed due to poor planing, security and backing. -
C.I.A.Overthrows Domnican Politician
The C.I.A. authroized and supported the overthrowing of Domnican Prime Minister Rafael Trujillo. Trujillo has been described as one of the worst dictators in the Americas. In a report to the Deputy Attorney General of the United States, CIA officials described the agency as having "no active part" in the assassination and only a "faint connection" with the groups that planned the killing, but the internal CIA investigation, by its Inspector General, "disclosed quite extensive Agency involve -
C.I.A. Overthrows Velasco
The C.I.A forced the resignation of Ecuadorian President Elect Jose Celasco. Vice President Carlos Arosemana replaces him; the C.I.A. now fills the vacant spot in the vice presidency with its own man. -
C.I.A. Intervention in Greece
A CIA-backed military coup overthrows the government two days before the elections. The favorite to win was George Papandreous, the liberal candidate. During the next six years, the "reign of the colonels" - backed by the CIA - will usher in the widespread use of torture and murder against political opponents. When a Greek ambassador objects to President Johnson about U.S. plans for Cyprus, Johnson tells him: "(Explitive) your parliament and your constitution." -
Operation Phoenix/Phoenix Program
With the help of the C.I.A. helps South Vietnamease agents identify and murder alleged Viet Cong leaders operating in South Vietnam villages. According to a 1971 congressional report, the operation killed about 20,000 embers of the Viet Cong -
Cambodian Coup
The C.I.A. overthrows Prince Sihanouk, who was highly popular among his people for keeping them out of the Vietnam War. He is replaced b C.I.A. puppet Lon Nol, who immediitly thrusted the country into war. This unpopular move strengthens once minor opposition parties like the Khemer Rouge, which achieves power in 1975 and massacares its own people. -
Chilean coup d'état
The C.I.A. Overthrows and assassinates Salvador Allende, Latin America's first democratically elected socialist leader. The C.I.A. then replaces Allende with General Augusto Pinochet, who will tourture and murder thousands of his own countrymen in a crackdown on labor leaders. -
Australian Constitutional Crisis
The C.I.A. helped topple the democratically elected, left-leaning government of Prime Minister Edward Whitlam. The C.I.A. gave an ultimatum to its Govenor General, John Kerr. Kerr, a longtime CIA collaborator, exercises his constitutional right to dissolve the Whitlam governmetn. -
Operation Cyclone
The C.I.A. funded and aided the Afghan Mujahideen prior to and during the Soviet War in Afghanistan. The Program provided the latest weapons and training and eventually pushed the soviets out of Afghanistan. -
Honduras
The C.I.A. gives Honduran military officials "Human Resource Exploitation Training Manual", which teaches how to torture people. Honduras' notorious Battalion 316 then uses thease techniques, with the full knowledge of the C.I.A. on thousands of leftist dissidents. At least 184 if not more were murdered -
Iran/Contra Affair
The United States government and the C.I.A. were involved in a political scandle of suposidly secretly selling arms to Iran, the subject of an arms embargo. They hoped the sale of thease arms would prompt the release of several hostages and allow U.S. intelligance agencies to fund the Nicaraguan Contras. -
Panama
The U.S. invades Panama to overthrow a dictator of its own making, General Manuel Noriega. Noriega has been on the C.I.A.payroll since 1966, and has been transporting drugs with the C.I.A's knowledge since 1972. -
The Gulf War
The United States liberates Kuwait from Iraq. But Iraq's dictartor Saddam Hussein, is another creature of C.I.A. actions. With the encouragement of thre U.S. Hussein invaded Iran in 1980. During this costly 8 year war, the C.I.A. built up Hussein's forces with sophisticated arms, intellegance, training, and financial backing. This cemented Hussein's power at home, allowing him to destroy the many internal rebellions that erupted from time to time. -
C.I.A. Aids Overthrow of Hatian Government
A military coup leader under the leadership of Lieutenant General Raoul Cerdras overthrew the government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the first popularly elected president in Haitian history.
