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Madero's Revolt
Madero, a political rival of dictator Porfirio Diaz was thrown into prison, then released and he called for revolt. Diaz was driven from power, and Madero took power. -
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Mexican Revolution
Brought on when Porfirio Diaz had political rival Francisco Madero thrown in prison than later released. A rebellion developed when Madero was in power headed by Emiliano Zapata demanding land reform than it went from there with General Victoriano Huerta imposing a Diaz type dictatorship on Mexico. -
Zapata promises land reform
When it was realized that Madero's moderate land reforms would not be enough, Emiliano Zapata rose in revolt, demanding land reform and Madero steadily lost control until a military coup removed him from power. -
Revolution in Brazil brings Getulio Vargas to power
Bourgeois and military discontent, heightened by the Great Depression's impact on the Brazilian economy, led to a bloodless coup d'état on October 24, 1930 that ousted President Washington Luís and the elected president Júlio Prestes. Then the military deposed him due to dispute and installed the runner up (Vargas) as president. -
Military takes control of Argentine government
Argentina was becoming more dependent upon foreign investments and conservative governments backed my the military held power through th 1930's -
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Bolivian Revolution
The 1952 revolution began when a hunger march through La Paz attracted most sectors of society. The Bolivian military
was severely demoralized, and the high command called unsuccessfully for unity in the armed forces; many officers assigned themselves abroad, charged each other with coup attempts, or deserted. -
Arbenz overthrown with help of U.S.
The coup that overthrew Arbenz was a covert operation organized by the United States Central Intelligence Agency to overthrow Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, the democratically-elected President of Guatemala. Arbenz's government put forth a number of new policies, such as seizing and expropriating unused, unfarmed land that private corporations set aside long ago and giving the land to peasants, that the U.S. intelligence community deemed communist in nature. So he was overthrown with help of the U.S. -
Castro leads revolution in Cuba
The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt that led to the overthrow of dictator Fulgencio Batista of Cuba on January 1, 1959 by the 26th of July Movement led by Fidel Castro. -
U.S. invades Grenada
The Invasion of Grenada, codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, was a 1983 U.S.-led invasion of Grenada, a Caribbean island nation with a population of just over 100,000 located 100 miles (160 km) north of Venezuela. It was triggered by a military coup which ousted a brief revolutionary government. The successful invasion led to a change of government.
