The CIA was actively involved in promoting US interests abroad by overthrowing regimes that were deemed unfriendly. Many regimes were falsely accused of being communist as an excuse to garner presidential support for overthrowing the regime.Other regimes were overthrown because they threatened to nationalize important resources like oil or to nationalize US owned companies [http://.www.serendipity.li/cia.html ].
==Iran and Mossadegh==
The CIA overthrew the Iranian premier Mohammed Mossadegh who had attempted to nationalize Iran's oil threatening the interests of the Anglo-American oil company.The coup which was called Operation Ajax was led by CIA operative Kermit Roovselt.
==Guatamala==
The CIA overthrew the government of Arbenz .Arbenz had nationalized a US owned fruit exporting company and the owner of the company who had close ties to the Dulles brothers convinced them to overthrow the regime.
==Failed CIA coups in Cuba==
The largest and most complicated CIA-led coup effort was the Bay of pigs operation where CIA trained Cuban anti-communist mercinaries were landed in Cuba to help overthrow the Castro regime.The CIA made many attempts to assasinate Castro.
==Failed Coups against Hugo Chávez==
There was an attempt to overthrow Hugo Chávez and he has outspokenly accused the CIA of being behind it.The anti-Chavez rhetoric coming from the US government and the Christian right has convinced many that the claims of Chavez are true [http://.www.counterpunch.org/blum0414.html ].
==References==
1.Stephan Kinzer.Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
2.Robert Fisk.The Conquest of Civilization.
3.[http://.www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/johnson-chalmers2.html]
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