The CIA overthrew elected governments to protect corporate and ideological interests.
Evidence
In 1954, the CIA directly assisted in overthrowing Guatemala’s president, Colonel Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán, in large part to protect the interests of the American-owned United Fruit Company. In 1973, the agency did the same in Chile, to destabilize and drive out of power Salvador Allende, the country’s democratically elected Socialist leader. — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 77
Categorization
- XREF: Direct overlap with Base Nation on the 1954 Guatemala coup staged to protect United Fruit’s monopoly — corroborates an existing vault claim. — connects to: The CIA overthrew Iran’s elected leader for nationalizing oil — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 209; The CIA overthrew Guatemala’s democracy to protect United Fruit’s monopoly; The CIA deliberately cultivated Islamist groups as Cold War counterweights to Nasserism — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 389 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- The CIA overthrew Iran’s elected leader for nationalizing oil
#exemplifies(1.00) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 209 - The CIA overthrew Guatemala’s democracy to protect United Fruit’s monopoly
#exemplifies(1.00) - The CIA deliberately cultivated Islamist groups as Cold War counterweights to Nasserism
#exemplifies(0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 389 - The CIA treated foreign nations as laboratories for experimentation.
#exemplifies(0.80) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 349