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A timeline of the actions taken by the [[United States of America|United States]] Government in order to secure greater power and wealth at the expense of people, both its own and abroad.
A timeline of the actions taken by the [[United States of America|United States]] Government in order to secure greater power and wealth at the expense of people, both its own and abroad.
== 1700s ==
* 1777: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Morocco (which continues to this day)
== 1800s ==
* 1876: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Mexico (ending in 1911 with the Mexican Revolution)
* 1898: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in [[Guatemala]] (ending in 1920)


== 1900s ==
== 1900s ==
* 1936: The US refuses to aid Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War (despite FDR's sympathy for their cause and plans to assist, diplomatic advisors block it) and US corporations provide massive aid to the Nationalists, including providing oil on credit and 12,000 trucks to their forces.
* 1908: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Venezuela (which ends in 1935)
* 1945: The US begins smuggling Nazi and Japanese war criminals into their country and giving them amnesty for their crimes against humanity in exchange for information of military strategy, spy networks, torture techniques, chemical warfare, weapons and disease outbreaks.
 
* 1947: The US and UK begin assisting former fascists and far-right militias in Greece to prevent socialists from taking power.
=== 1910s ===
* 1947: The US rigs elections in Italy to prevent socialists taking government power for the next 24 years through a combination of massive funding of opposition, working with the mafia to attack communist offices, intimidate communists and occasionally murder them.
 
* 1949: The US assists a coup in Syria to ensure control of oil pipelines.
=== 1920s ===
* 1949: The US and UK work to overthrow the socialist government in Albania, using former fascists and Nazi collaborates paid by the US.
* 1929: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Mexico (which ends in 2000 with the democratisation of Mexico, brought on by various events, notably the [[Zapatista Revolution]])
* 1950: The US aids exiled Chinese anti-communists in northern Myanmar, using CIA-owned airlines to help move troops, weapons and guns that finance their operations. This leads to an explosion in the global heroin trade and continued attacks in China.
 
* 1953: The US sponsors a coup in Iran to stop the president from nationalising oil supplies in order to pay for a welfare state based on the New Deal.
=== 1930s ===
* 1954: The US sponsors a coup that overthrows a social democracy in Guatemala for their redistribution of unused land owned by US-corporations and sponsoring of literacy programs.
* 1930: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in the Dominican Republic (ending in 1961 with a US-backed coup)
* 1955: The US begins sponsoring the Tibetan Independence Movement during anti-socialist uprisings.
* 1931: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in [[Guatemala]] (ending in 1944 with a popular uprising)
* 1956: US-sponsored radio stations encourage citizens across Hungary to rebel, helping begin the doomed Second Hungarian Revolution.
* 1932: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in El Salvador (which ends in 1944 due to a confusing uprising)
* 1960: The US uses the CIA to assist Turkish Military Intelligence (MIT) in designing plans for mass arrests and repression of political opposition from 1960-69, notably the massacre of 150 leftists in Bloody Sunday.
* 1933: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Honduras (which ends in 1949 in response to uprisings in surrounding countries)
* 1973: The US organises and assists a military coup in Chile to overthrow the socialist president Salvador Allende, who's administration had seen nationalisation of copper mines, expansion of the welfare state and the formation of workers' councils.
* 1933: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Portugal (which ends in 1974)
* 1973: The US supports a failed far-right Islamic paramilitaries in attempting a coup against the socialist president Mohammed Daoud by providing weapons, vehicles and communication equipment.<ref name=":0">Diego Cordovez (1995): Out of Afghanistan: The Inside Story of the Soviet Withdrawal, page 16
* 1936: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Nicaragua (which ends in 1979 in response to a popular uprising)
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* 1974: The US supports a failed far-right Islamic paramilitaries in attempting a coup against the socialist president Mohammed Daoud by providing weapons, vehicles and communication equipment.<ref name=":0" />
=== 1940s ===
* 1975: The US uses CIA pressure on [[Australia|Australian]] government officials to end the prime ministry of Gough Whitlam, a social democrat who planned to close US military bases in the country, notably Pine Gap, and to nationalise mines controlled by US corporations.
* 1945: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in China (which ends in 1949)
* 1987: It is suspected by [[William Blum|some]] that the US organised the coup in Fiji, as the social democratic government attempted to stop nuclear vessels entering Fijian ports and to stop nuclear weapons testing in Fijian waters, and the new government assisted the nuclear program.<ref>[[William Blum]] (1990) - [http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/CIA/Reagan_CIA.html Ronald Reagan's Legacy: Eight Years of CIA Covert Action]</ref> This led to a three-year long dictatorship and a huge economic recession.<ref>[[Wikipedia]] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_Fijian_coups_d%27%C3%A9tat#Aftermath</ref>
* 1945: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Saudi Arabia (which continues to this day)
* 1948: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Thailand (which ended in 1973)
* 1948: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Peru (which ended in 1956)
* 1948: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in South Korea (which ended in 1988)
* 1948: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in South Africa (which ended in 1994)
* 1948: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Yugoslavia (which ended in 1980)
* 1949: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Syria (which ended in 1953)
* 1949: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Taiwan (which ends in 1975)
 
=== 1950s ===
* 1950: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Venezuela (which ends in 1958 due to a popular uprising)
* 1950: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Spain (which ends in 1975)
* 1952: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Cuba (which ends in 1959 due to the [[Cuban Revolution]])
* 1953: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Iran (which ends in 1979 due to a popular uprising)
* 1954: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Guatemala (which ends in 1986)
* 1954: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Jordan (which continues to this day)
* 1954: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Paraguay (which ends in 1989)
* 1955: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in South Vietnam (which ends in 1963)
* 1957: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Haiti (which ended in 1986)
* 1958: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Pakistan (which ends in 1969 due to a popular uprising)
* 1959: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Singapore (which continues to this day)
 
=== 1960s ===
* 1963: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Honduras (which ends in 1982)
* 1963: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Iraq (which ends in 1967)
* 1964: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Brazil (which ends in 1984)
* 1965: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in the Philippines (which ends in 1985 due to a popular uprising)
* 1965: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in the Democratic Republic of Congo (which ended in 1997)
* 1967: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Indonesia (which ends in 1998 due to a popular uprising)
* 1967: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Greece (which ends in 1974)
* 1968: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Panama (which ends in 1981)
* 1969: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Pakistan (which ends in 1971)
* 1969: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Sudan (which ends in 1985)
* 1969: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Romania (which ends in 1969)
 
=== 1970s ===
* 1970: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Oman (which continues to this day)
* 1970: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Cambodia (which ends in 1975)
* 1971: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in United Arab Emirates (which continues to this day)
* 1971: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Bolivia (which ends in 1978)
* 1972: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Qatar (which continues to this day)
* 1973: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Uruguay (which ends in 1985)
* 1973: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Chile (which ends in 1990)
* 1976: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Argentina (which ends in 1983)
* 1978: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Pakistan (which ends in 1988)
* 1978: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Somalia (which ends in 1991)
* 1979: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Equatorial Guinea (which continues to this day)
 
=== 1980s ===
* 1980: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Liberia (which ended in 1990)
* 1980: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Turkey (which ended in 1989)
* 1981: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Egypt (which ended in 2011 with the [[Arab Spring]])
* 1982: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Cameroon (which continues to this day)
* 1982: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Chad (which continues to this day)
* 1982: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Iraq (which ended in 1990)
* 1983: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Panama (which ends in 1989)
* 1984: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Brunei (which continues to this day)
* 1986: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Uganda (which continues to this day)
* 1987: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Tunisia (which ends in 2011)


=== 1990s ===
=== 1990s ===
* 1991: The US quickly begins supporting the newly independent [[Azerbaijan|Republic of Azerbaijan]] after its exit from the [[USSR]]. Despite the countries restrictions on the media, democratic rights and repression against journalists and critics of the regime.<ref>Freedom House: [https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2015/azerbaijan#.VbphefNViko Azerbaijan]</ref> Azerbaijan sends troops to assist in later wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as allowing 40% of naval and ground supplies for the wars and US corporations sell weapons and military vehicles to the country.<ref>Consulate General of the Republic of Azerbaijan: [https://www.azconsulatela.org/Azerbaijan/Azerbaijan-US-Relations Azerbaijan-US relations]</ref>
* 1990: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Uzbekistan (which ends in 2016)
* 1992: Following the 1990 election in Algeria which saw the victory of the Islamic Salvation Front, supporting Islam, trade unionism and anti-imperialism, the US and France support the military who organise a coup, and the resulting civil war kills between 44,000 and 200,000 people.
* 1990: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Kyrgyzstan (which ends in 2005)
* 1995: The US begins supporting various paramilitaries in the [[Chiapas Conflict]] to crush the socialist EZLN forces.
* 1990: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Yemen (which ends in 2012)
* 1996: The US begins providing heavy support for the anti-communist electoral candidate of Boris Yeltsin after the communist party becomes popular enough to win the Russian election. The US provides massive amounts of money to his campaign, trains his advisors and even scripts and stages Yeltsin standing up to NATO and the US, Yeltsin wins the election by 35% of the vote over 32% gained by the communists.
* 1991: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan (which continues to this day)
* 1991: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Ethiopia (which ended in 2012)
* 1992: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Kazakhstan (which continues to this day)
* 1992: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Peru (which ended in 2000)
* 1994: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Tajikistan (which continues to this day)
* 1999: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Bahrain (which continues to this day)
* 1999: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Djibouti (which continues to this day)
* 1999: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Pakistan (which ends in 2008)


== 2000s ==
== 2000s ==
* 2000: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Rwanda (which continues to this day)
* 2006: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Turkmenistan (which continues to this day)


=== 2010s ===
=== 2010s ===
* 2011: The US begins supporting the authoritarian regime in [[Vietnam]], a 'communist' country which employs [[Slavery|forced labour]], [[torture]] of dissidents, censorship, arresting of critical journalists and protesters, the lack of democratic rights and an economy built around sweatshop labor.<ref>Human Rights Watch: [https://www.hrw.org/report/2011/09/07/rehab-archipelago/forced-labor-and-other-abuses-drug-detention-centers-southern The Rehab Archipelago - Forced Labor and Other Abuses in Drug Detention Centers in Southern Vietnam]</ref><ref>Freedom House: [https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2011/vietnam?page=22&country=8164&year=2011 Vietnam]</ref> The US begins engaging in joint-naval exercises in the South China Sea (to intimidate [[China]]), assisting the creation of nuclear technology and donations of foreign aid, as well as US corporations exploiting the Vietnamese working class for cheap labor to make food, clothing and electronics.
* 2011: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Vietnam (which continues to this day)
* 2012: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Egypt (which continues to this day)
* 2014: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Thailand (which continues to this day)


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 16:30, 11 July 2019

A timeline of the actions taken by the United States Government in order to secure greater power and wealth at the expense of people, both its own and abroad.

1700s

  • 1777: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Morocco (which continues to this day)

1800s

  • 1876: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Mexico (ending in 1911 with the Mexican Revolution)
  • 1898: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Guatemala (ending in 1920)

1900s

  • 1908: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Venezuela (which ends in 1935)

1910s

1920s

  • 1929: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Mexico (which ends in 2000 with the democratisation of Mexico, brought on by various events, notably the Zapatista Revolution)

1930s

  • 1930: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in the Dominican Republic (ending in 1961 with a US-backed coup)
  • 1931: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Guatemala (ending in 1944 with a popular uprising)
  • 1932: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in El Salvador (which ends in 1944 due to a confusing uprising)
  • 1933: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Honduras (which ends in 1949 in response to uprisings in surrounding countries)
  • 1933: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Portugal (which ends in 1974)
  • 1936: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Nicaragua (which ends in 1979 in response to a popular uprising)

1940s

  • 1945: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in China (which ends in 1949)
  • 1945: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Saudi Arabia (which continues to this day)
  • 1948: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Thailand (which ended in 1973)
  • 1948: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Peru (which ended in 1956)
  • 1948: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in South Korea (which ended in 1988)
  • 1948: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in South Africa (which ended in 1994)
  • 1948: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Yugoslavia (which ended in 1980)
  • 1949: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Syria (which ended in 1953)
  • 1949: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Taiwan (which ends in 1975)

1950s

  • 1950: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Venezuela (which ends in 1958 due to a popular uprising)
  • 1950: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Spain (which ends in 1975)
  • 1952: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Cuba (which ends in 1959 due to the Cuban Revolution)
  • 1953: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Iran (which ends in 1979 due to a popular uprising)
  • 1954: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Guatemala (which ends in 1986)
  • 1954: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Jordan (which continues to this day)
  • 1954: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Paraguay (which ends in 1989)
  • 1955: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in South Vietnam (which ends in 1963)
  • 1957: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Haiti (which ended in 1986)
  • 1958: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Pakistan (which ends in 1969 due to a popular uprising)
  • 1959: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Singapore (which continues to this day)

1960s

  • 1963: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Honduras (which ends in 1982)
  • 1963: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Iraq (which ends in 1967)
  • 1964: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Brazil (which ends in 1984)
  • 1965: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in the Philippines (which ends in 1985 due to a popular uprising)
  • 1965: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in the Democratic Republic of Congo (which ended in 1997)
  • 1967: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Indonesia (which ends in 1998 due to a popular uprising)
  • 1967: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Greece (which ends in 1974)
  • 1968: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Panama (which ends in 1981)
  • 1969: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Pakistan (which ends in 1971)
  • 1969: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Sudan (which ends in 1985)
  • 1969: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Romania (which ends in 1969)

1970s

  • 1970: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Oman (which continues to this day)
  • 1970: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Cambodia (which ends in 1975)
  • 1971: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in United Arab Emirates (which continues to this day)
  • 1971: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Bolivia (which ends in 1978)
  • 1972: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Qatar (which continues to this day)
  • 1973: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Uruguay (which ends in 1985)
  • 1973: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Chile (which ends in 1990)
  • 1976: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Argentina (which ends in 1983)
  • 1978: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Pakistan (which ends in 1988)
  • 1978: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Somalia (which ends in 1991)
  • 1979: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Equatorial Guinea (which continues to this day)

1980s

  • 1980: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Liberia (which ended in 1990)
  • 1980: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Turkey (which ended in 1989)
  • 1981: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Egypt (which ended in 2011 with the Arab Spring)
  • 1982: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Cameroon (which continues to this day)
  • 1982: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Chad (which continues to this day)
  • 1982: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Iraq (which ended in 1990)
  • 1983: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Panama (which ends in 1989)
  • 1984: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Brunei (which continues to this day)
  • 1986: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Uganda (which continues to this day)
  • 1987: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Tunisia (which ends in 2011)

1990s

  • 1990: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Uzbekistan (which ends in 2016)
  • 1990: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Kyrgyzstan (which ends in 2005)
  • 1990: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Yemen (which ends in 2012)
  • 1991: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Azerbaijan (which continues to this day)
  • 1991: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Ethiopia (which ended in 2012)
  • 1992: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Kazakhstan (which continues to this day)
  • 1992: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Peru (which ended in 2000)
  • 1994: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Tajikistan (which continues to this day)
  • 1999: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Bahrain (which continues to this day)
  • 1999: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Djibouti (which continues to this day)
  • 1999: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Pakistan (which ends in 2008)

2000s

  • 2000: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Rwanda (which continues to this day)
  • 2006: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Turkmenistan (which continues to this day)

2010s

  • 2011: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Vietnam (which continues to this day)
  • 2012: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Egypt (which continues to this day)
  • 2014: The US begins to support the authoritarian regime in Thailand (which continues to this day)

References

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