The United States, which on Saturday attacked Venezuela and is said to have abducted its president, has a long history of military interventions and support for dictatorships in Latin America.
On multiple occasions the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and his successor Nicolas Maduro — who Donald Trump says is now in US hands — accused Washington of backing coup attempts.
Here are the main US interventions in Latin America since the Cold War.
– 1954: Guatemala –
On June 27, 1954, Colonel Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, president of Guatemala, was driven from power by mercenar
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