 Kutevera shanduko yeCuba ya1959 nekushandiswa kwedzidziso yaChe Guevara yefoco munyika dzinoverengeka, US yakatanga hondo muSouth America kurwisa yainzi Communist subversives, zvichitungamira mukutsigirwa kwekudonhedza vatungamiri vakasarudzwa zvematongerwo enyika sekutsigirwa kwerudyi rweChilean, izvo zvaizoguma ne1973 Chilean coup yaAugusto Pinochet kurwisa Salvador Allende akasarudzwa zvematongerwo enyika. Pakazosvika 1976, South America yose yakanga yakafukidzwa noutongi hwakadaro hwechiuto, hunonzi juntas. MuParaguay, Alfredo Stroessner akanga ave ari musimba chibviro cha1954; muBrazil, purezidhendi ari kuruboshwe João Goulart akakandirwa pasi nechiuto muna 1964nebetsero yeU.S. mune zvaizivikanwa seOperation Brother Sam; muBolivia, General Hugo Banzer akadonhedza kuruboshwe General Juan José Torres muna 1971; muUruguay, inoonekwa se Switzerland yeSouth America, Juan María Bordaberry akatora masimba muna 27 June 1973 coup. MuPeru, General Velasco Alvarado akaronga kushandisa mauto ePeru achangobva kupiwa simba kuti akunde mauto eChilean mukupinda kwePinochetist Chile. Hondo Yakasviba yakaitwa munyika yose, yakaguma neOperation Condor, chibvumirano pakati pemasangano ezvokuchengetedza eSouthern Cone nedzimwe nyika dzeSouth America kudzvinyirira nokuponda vavengi vezvematongerwe enyika, icho chakatsigirwa nehurumende yeUnited States. Mauto akabatawo simba muArgentina muna 1976, uye akabva atsigira 1980 Cocaine Coup yaLuis García Meza Tejada muBolivia, asati adzidzisa Contras muNicaragua, uko Sandinista National Liberation Front, inotungamirirwa naDaniel Ortega, yakanga yatora simba muna 1979, uyewo mauto muGuatemala uye muEl Salvador. Mukati meOperation Charly, yakatsigirwa neUS, mauto eArgentina akatumira nzira dzekutyisidzira dzehurumende kuCentral America, uko hondo yakasviba yakaitwa kusvika kuma1990, zvichiita kuti mazana ezviuru azviparadzanise. 