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Land redistribution

Cartoon shows Brazilian president João Goulart under a rock slide which has just come down a mountain side. Overthrown by a military uprising after…

"What you need, man, is a revolution like mine"

Valtman portrays Fidel Castro (1927- ) towering above small figures who represent Cuba and Brazil. As Castro advises Brazil to have a communist…

An autobiography of Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro

Report, Central Intelligence Agency, Guatemala, Situation Report 46

This excerpt comes from a CIA report on Guatemala in 1950. This section describes potential threats and opportunities Guatemala poses for the US,…

U.S. hands off : Chile el pueblo vencerá

Protest poster from Chile asserting Chilean independence from the US stating "U.S. hands off /Chile el pueblo vencerá" around an illustration of…

President John F. Kennedy is informed of the Cuban Missile Crisis

President John F. Kennedy (at right, in rocking chair) meets with United States Air Force (USAF) officers who took part in aerial photo-reconnaissance…

Prisoners of Brigade 2506 guarded by Cuban Fidelistas

Prisoners of Brigade 2506 guarded by Cuban Fidelistas after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.

Memo from Mr. Martin to Under Secretary Concerning A Contingency Plan for Brazil (18855): 12/12/1963

This document is a memo describing possible US responses to varying changes to the Goulart Regime in Brazil. It outlines what those changes may be,…

Glorious Victory

This is a painting that depicts the 1954 Guatemalan Coup. This was painted in the same year as the coup reflecting a leftist perspective of the coup…

Audio recording of President John F. Kennedy’s radio and television address to the nation regarding the former Soviet Union’s military presence in…