1933: Cuba

"In 1898, the same year the U.S. annexed Hawaii, its victory in the Spanish-American War also gave it control of Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines as U.S. territories, as well as an excuse to begin a military occupation of Cuba. After President Theodore Roosevelt asserted America's right to intervene militarily in Latin America in 1904-5, the U.S. began to do so more frequently in the #CaribbeanBasin countries, including the #DominicanRepublic, #Nicaragua, #Mexico, #Haiti, #Honduras—and Cuba.

"After recognizing Cuba as an independent nation in 1902, the U.S. withdrew its military from the country with the caveat that it would still intervene militarily to protect American interests in the future. Over the next three decades, the U.S. frequently invaded Cuba and other Caribbean countries in the so-called “#BananaWars,” to help quash #abor strikes and revolutions that threatened U.S.-owned sugar, fruit and coffee businesses.

"In 1933, it backed military leader Fulgencio Batista’s coup to overthrow the Cuban government. After Fidel Castro violently ousted Batista and established the Western hemisphere’s first communist regime, President John F. Kennedy attempted to overthrow Castro’s government in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. This failed coup not only represented America’s ongoing #imperialist attitude toward its southern neighbors; it also showcased a newer interventionist arm: the #CIA."

https://www.history.com/news/us-overthrow-foreign-governments

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