What effect did the Cold War and debt crisis have on Latin America?
The Mothers of the Plaza de MayoMothers and grandmothers demand information about their children and grandchildren who were “disappeared” by the Argentine military junta in a protest in Buenos Aires. (Eduardo Di Baia/AP Photo)
AAFTER THE CUBAN REVOLUTION IN 1959, the United States financed and armed military dictatorships to suppress any dissent that might lead to communism and to secure U.S. influence in the region. Many elected governments were toppled in military coups that brought right-