Overthrowing Other People’s Governments: The Master List By William Blum

Overthrowing Other People’s Governments: The Master List By William Blum

Instances of the United States overthrowing or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. (* indicates successful ouster of a government)

🇨🇳 China 1949 to early 1960s

🇦🇱 Albania 1949-53

🇩🇪 East Germany 1950s

🇮🇷 Iran 1953 *

🇬🇹 Guatemala 1954 *

🇨🇷 Costa Rica mid-1950s

🇸🇾 Syria 1956-7

🇪🇬 Egypt 1957

🇮🇩 Indonesia 1957-8

🇬🇾 British Guiana 1953-64 *

🇮🇶 Iraq 1963 *

🇻🇳 North Vietnam 1945-73

🇰🇭 Cambodia 1955-70 *

🇱🇦 Laos 1958 *, 1959 *, 1960 *

🇪🇨 Ecuador 1960-63 *

🇨🇬 Congo 1960 *

🇫🇷 France 1965

🇧🇷 Brazil 1962-64 *

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 1963 *

🇨🇺 Cuba 1959 to present

🇧🇴 Bolivia 1964 *

🇮🇩 Indonesia 1965 *

🇬🇭 Ghana 1966 *

🇨🇱 Chile 1964-73 *

🇬🇷 Greece 1967 *

🇨🇷 Costa Rica 1970-71

🇧🇴 Bolivia 1971 *

🇦🇺 Australia 1973-75 *

🇦🇴 Angola 1975, 1980s

🇨🇩 Zaire 1975

🇵🇹 Portugal 1974-76 *

🇯🇲 Jamaica 1976-80 *

🇸🇨 Seychelles 1979-81

🇹🇩 Chad 1981-82 *

🇬🇩 Grenada 1983 *

🇾🇪 South Yemen 1982-84

🇸🇷 Suriname 1982-84

🇫🇯 Fiji 1987 *

🇱🇾 Libya 1980s

🇳🇮 Nicaragua 1981-90 *

🇵🇦 Panama 1989 *

🇧🇬 Bulgaria 1990 *

🇦🇱 Albania 1991 *

🇮🇶 Iraq 1991

🇦🇫 Afghanistan 1980s *

🇸🇴 Somalia 1993

🇷🇸 Yugoslavia 1999-2000 *

🇪🇨 Ecuador 2000 *

🇦🇫 Afghanistan 2001 *

🇻🇪 Venezuela 2002 *

🇮🇶 Iraq 2003 *

🇭🇹 Haiti 2004 *

🇸🇴 Somalia 2007 to present

🇭🇳 Honduras 2009 *

🇱🇾 Libya 2011 *

🇸🇾 Syria 2012

🇺🇦 Ukraine 2014 *

Q: Why will there never be a coup d’état in Washington?

A: Because there’s no American embassy there.

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