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Coup

United States · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1961–1964Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1961

John Fitzgerald Kennedy5 June 1961

Government / Democratic Party Government

The Kennedy administration continues covert operations against Cuba, later launching the Cuban Project to "help Cuba overthrow the Communist regime"

1964

Lyndon Baines Johnson1964

Government / Democratic Party Government

Sends a U.S. naval force towards Brazil to prevent a leftist takeover

Names involved

John Fitzgerald KennedyLyndon Baines Johnson

Provenance

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