Wasn’t a coup, it was a fight for Independence after the Jewish Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian Empire in 1917.
US didn’t get in the Coup business until 1947.
“Best Estimate (Based on Known Evidence):
• Over 80 attempted or successful regime change operations according to historian Lindsey O’Rourke, whose work draws from declassified U.S. documents and academic research.
• Of these, at least 20–30 are widely considered to be successful coups that replaced governments, often in favor of U.S.-aligned or anti-communist regimes.
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Well-Documented U.S.-Backed Coups Include:
1. Iran (1953) – CIA and British MI6 overthrew Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.
2. Guatemala (1954) – CIA ousted President Jacobo Árbenz.
3. Congo (1960–1961) – U.S. helped remove and facilitate the murder of Patrice Lumumba.
4. Brazil (1964) – U.S. supported a military coup against President João Goulart.
5. Chile (1973) – U.S. supported the military coup that overthrew Salvador Allende, bringing Pinochet to power.
6. Indonesia (1965–66) – U.S. supported the military’s purge of communists and suspected sympathizers, leading to Suharto’s rise.
7. Honduras (2009) – Though officially denied, the U.S. gave tacit support to the coup against President Manuel Zelaya.
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Other Notable Interventions That Shaped or Supported Coups:
• Vietnam (1963) – U.S. involvement in the overthrow and assassination of President Diem.
• Libya (2011) – Not a coup in the classic sense, but U.S./NATO involvement contributed to the collapse of Gaddafi’s regime.
• Venezuela (2002) – U.S. was aware of and sympathetic to the coup against Hugo Chávez, though did not directly orchestrate it.”
