Timeline of US Hegemony

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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: Morocco becomes the first nation to recognise American independence, the US has had supportive relations with Morocco since.

1800s

  • 1876: The US begins to support the authoritarian Porfiriato regime in Mexico,
  • 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

  • 1911: The US stops supporting the authoritarian Porfiriato regime after the Mexican Revolution overthrows the government by forcing Porfirio to flee for Spain.

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 drops two nuclear bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Whether this was done to force a Japanese surrender and prevent a brutal land invasion of Japan or to intimidate the USSR from taking Korea remains controversial to this day.
  • 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: Singapore is granted self-government by the British Empire, and the US quickly starts to support the centre-right People's Action Party, who works to create an authoritarian regime in the country.[1] Some notable achievements like censorship of the media, mass surveillance, arrest without trial, restrictions on protest, conscription, abuse of migrant workers, human trafficking and the criminalisation of homosexuality.[2]

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

  1. ↑ Lynn Kuok (2016): The U.S.-Singapore Partnership: A Critical Elementof U.S. Engagement and Stability in the Asia-Pacific
  2. ↑ Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Singapore
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