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Covert operations
Iran–Contra affairIn November 1979, Iranian students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 66 Americans hostage. President Jimmy Carter imposed an arms embargo on Iran…
1954 Guatemalan coup d'étatIn 1823, U.S. President James Monroe declared that the Western Hemisphere was off-limits to European colonization. This policy aimed to protect American…
Operation MongooseOn the 30th of November 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed a formal order authorizing the Cuban Project. This document gave the Central Intelligence…