User:CJK/History Data

Guatemala
Run by oligarchs until 1944 revolution. Liberal rule 1944-54. Arbenz president 1951, legalized and cooperated with Guatemalan Communists. Expropraited United Fruit Company land in 1954, overthrown by CIA-backed raid afterwords. Military junta installed. UFC loses monopoly in 1958 under U.S. government pressure. Civil War begins 1960, Mayans hit hard. URNG formed 1982. Civilian rule restored 1985. Civil War ends in 1996 with over 100,000 dead.

Honduras
Various dictators until 1982.

El Salvador
Civil war 1979. Marxist guerrillas (FMLN) late 1970s. Dictatorship until 1984 elections, moderate wins. Civil war ends with 75,000 dead 1992.

Nicaragua
U.S.-backed Somoza dynasty (1933-79). Cuban-backed FSLN resistance from 1961. U.S. arms embargo 1978. FSLN control 1979, allegedly back FMLN in El Salvador leading to U.S. aid cut-off. Contra resistance from 1981 supported by CIA. Boycotted "elections" in 1984. U.S. embargo imposed 1985. Cease fire 1988, FSLN defeated in 1990 elections.

Panama
Anti-American flag riots 1964. Leftist government 1968-82. Noriega in power 1982-9, helps in Contra war. Drug-smuggling leads to U.S. invasion 1989, democracy restored.