Central/South America
33. Costa Rica, in 1953: Action to overthrow government of Jose Figueres. “Unsuccessful.”
34. Guatemala, in 1954: America overthrew the government of Jacobo Arbenz Guzman and replaced him with Carlos Castillo Armas. “Successful.”
35. Guatemala, in 1960: Military assistance, including the use, again, of B-26 bombers for the government of Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes to defeat rebel forces. “Successful.”
36. Ecuador, in 1961: Overthrow of the government of Hose Velasco Ibarra. It was “Successful.”
37. British Guiana (Guyana), from 1962-1964: Organized labor strikes and riots to overthrow the government of Cheddi Jagan. “Successful.”
38. Brazil, from 1962-1964: America organized campaigns of labor strikes and propaganda to overthrow the government of Joao Goulart. “Successful.”
39. Ecuador, in 1963: Overthrow of the government of Carlos Julio Arosemena. “Successful.”
40. El Salvador, from 1963-1984: Organized “ORDEN” and “ANSESAL”—domestic intelligence networks under the direction of General Jose Alberto Medrano and Colonel Nicolas Carranza, and provided intelligence support and training in surveillance, interrogation and assassination techniques “Successful” …
41. Chile, in 1964: $20 million in assistance for Eduardo Frei to defeat Salvador Allende in the Chilean elections. America was “Successful.”
42. Brazil, Guatemala, Uruguay and The Dominican Republic, in 1964: Provide training … What kind of “training”? In assassination; in interrogation techniques for police and intelligence personnel. “Inconclusive.”
43. Peru, in 1965: America’s money—taxpayer dollars—provided training in assassination and interrogation techniques for Peruvian police and intelligence personnel, similar to the training given in Uruguay, Brazil and The Dominican Republic, in an effort to defeat the resistance movement. This was “Unsuccessful.”
44. Bolivia, in 1967: Our government assisted that government in the capture of Ernesto Che Guevara; and they were “Successful.” And as you know, Che Guevara was assassinated in Bolivia.
45. Chile, from 1970-1973: Campaign of assassinations, propaganda, labor strikes and demonstrations to overthrow the government of Salvador Allende, with a cost of $8.4 million American taxpayer dollars. And this was “Successful.”
46. Guyana, in 1980: Assassinated opposition leader Walter Rodney to consolidate power of government of Forbes Burnham. “Successful.”
47. Nicaragua, from 1980-1984: Military assistance to Adolfo Colero Portocarrero, Alfonso Robelo, Alfonso Callejas, Fernando Chamorro Rappacioli, Eden Pastora Gomez, Adrianna Guillen, Steadman Fagoth and former Somoza National Guard officers, to recruit, train and equip anti-Sandinista forces for sabotage and terrorist incursions into Nicaragua from sanctuaries in Honduras and Costa Rica in effort to destabilize government of Daniel Ortega Saavedra.
48. Guatemala, in 1982: A military coup to overthrow the government of Angel Anibal Guevara. “Successful.”
49. Bolivia, in 1982: Military coup to overthrow government of Celso Torrelio. “Successful.”
50. Surinam, from 1982-1983: Overthrow the government of Colonel Desi Bouterse. Three attempts in this period. “Unsuccessful.”
51. El Salvador, in 1984: $1.4 million in financial support for the Presidential election campaign of Jose Napoleon Duarte. “Successful.”
Middle East
52. Iran, in 1953: The overthrow of Mohammed Mossadegh and his government to install Shah Zahedi. Cost: $10 million. “Successful.”
53. Egypt, in 1956: Overthrow of the Gamal Abdel Nasser government. “Unsuccessful.”
54. Syria, in 1956: U.S. wanted to overthrow the Ghazzi government. Aborted by Israeli invasion of Egypt.
55. Jordan, from 1956-1957: An average of $750,000 annually in personal payments to King Hussein. According to the United States government, payments ceased when this was disclosed in 1976.
56. Lebanon, in 1957: Lebanon is in the Middle East … Financial assistance for the election of pro-American candidates to the Lebanese Parliament. It was “Successful.”
57. Iraq, from 1963-1973: Financial and military assistance for the Freedom Party of Mullah Mustafa al Barzani in an effort to establish an independent Kurdistan. It was “Unsuccessful.” They wanted to “divide Iraq,” and separate the Kurds from the Sunni and the Shiite!
58. Afghanistan, from 1973-1978: Military and financial assistance to government of Mohammed Duad to resist the rise to power of Noor Mohammed Taraki. “Unsuccessful.”
59. Iran, in 1979: Install military government to replace the Shah and resist the growth of Muslim fundamentalism. “Unsuccessful.”
60. Afghanistan, in 1979: Military aid to rebel forces of Zia Nezri, Zia Khan Nassry, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Sayed Ahmed Gailani and conservative mullahs to overthrow the government of Hafizullah Amin. Aborted by Soviet intervention and the installation of new government.
61. Afghanistan, from 1980-1984: Continuing military aid to same rebel groups to harass Soviet occupation forces and challenge the legitimacy of the government of Babrak Karmal …
62. Jordan, in 1982: Military assistance to equip and train two Jordanian brigades as an Arab strike force to implement United States policy objectives without Israeli assistance.
Caribbean
63. Cuba, in 1956: U.S. wanted to establish an anti-Communist police force, Buro de Represion Actividades Communistas (BRAC) under the Batista regime. And under Batista, it was “Successful.”
64. Cuba, from 1961-1963: Our government attempted to assassinate Fidel Castro. And there were six attempts, from 1961 to 1963—all of them were “Unsuccessful.”
65. Cuba, in 1961: America trained and supported the invasion force of Cuban exiles to overthrow the Castro government, and assist their invasion at the Bay of Pigs at a cost of $62 million taxpayer dollars. “Unsuccessful.”
66. The Dominican Republic, in 1961: Precipitate conditions leading to the assassination of Rafael Trujillo. “Successful.”
67. Cuba, from 1961-1966: Broad sabotage program, including terrorist attacks—listen to the language! “Terrorist attacks” on the American side, on coastal targets and bacteriological warfare in order to weaken the Castro government. But that was “Unsuccessful.”
68. The Dominican Republic, in 1963: To overthrow the government of Juan Bosch in a military coup. “Successful.”
69. Jamaica, in 1976: A military coup to overthrow the government of Michael Manley. “Unsuccessful.”
70. Jamaica, from 1979-1980: Financial pressure to destabilize the government of Michael Manley, and campaign propaganda and demonstrations to defeat it in elections. And, it was “Successful.”
71. Grenada, in 1980: A mercenary coup to overthrow the government of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop. “Successful.”
72. Dominica, in 1980: Financial support to the Freedom Party of Eugenia Charles to defeat Oliver Seraphim in Dominican elections. “Successful”…
Africa
73. Angola, in 1960: Financial and military assistance to rebel forces of Holden Roberto. It’s “Inconclusive” how that turned out.
74. The Congo, in 1961: Precipitate the conditions leading to the assassination of Patrice Lumumba. “Successful.”
75. The Congo, in 1964: Financial and military assistance, including B-26 and T-28 aircraft, and American and exiled Cuban pilots, for Joseph Mobutu and Cyril Adoula, and later for Moise Tshombe in Katanga Province, to defeat rebel forces loyal to Lumumba. America was “Successful.”
76. Angola, in 1975: Military assistance to rebel forces of Holden Roberto and Jonas Savimbi to defeat forces of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) during Angolan civil war, and prevent MPLA from forming a new government. America was “Unsuccessful.”
77. Angola, from 1976-1984: Financial and military assistance to forces of Jonas Savimbi to harass and destabilize Neto and succeeding governments. “Inconclusive.”
78. The Seychelles (off the coast of Africa), in 1979: To destabilize the government of France Albert Rene. “Successful.”
79. The Seychelles, in 1981: Military coup to overthrow government of France Albert Rene. “Unsuccessful.”
80. Mauritius (off the coast of Africa), from 1981-1982: Financial support for Seewoosagar Ramgoolam to bring him to power in the 1982 elections. “Unsuccessful.”
81. Libya, from 1981-1984: Broad campaign of economic pressure, propaganda, military maneuvers in Egypt, Sudan and the Gulf of Sidra or “Sirte”, and organization of Libyan Liberation Front exiles to destabilize the government of Muammar Gadhafi. It was “Inconclusive.”
82. Chad, in 1982: Military assistance to Hissen Habre to overthrow the government of Goukouni Oueddei. “Successful.”