. ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁activities ▁of ▁the ▁lo os ely ▁kn it ▁group ▁that ▁would ▁later ▁be ▁called ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁Leg ion ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁after ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁The ▁emer gence ▁of ▁dem ocracy ▁in ▁Cuba , ▁Venezuela ▁and ▁Gu atem ala ▁during ▁the ▁previous ▁few ▁years ▁resulted ▁in ▁pro - dem ocracy ▁activ ists ▁in ▁other ▁countries ▁becoming ▁more ▁am bit ious . ▁The ▁dict ator ships ▁of ▁Rafael ▁Tru j illo ▁in ▁the ▁Domin ican ▁Republic ▁and ▁An ast as io ▁Som o za ▁García ▁in ▁Nic ar agua ▁were ▁seen ▁as ▁particularly ▁ty ran n ical , ▁and ▁so ▁became ▁targets ▁of ▁the ▁leg ion . ▁In ▁November ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁Edu ardo ▁Rodríguez ▁Lar re ta , ▁the ▁foreign ▁minister ▁of ▁Uruguay , ▁proposed ▁a ▁resolution ▁advoc ating ▁" mult il ater al ▁collect ive ▁action " ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁dem ocracy ▁and ▁human ▁rights . ▁The ▁resolution ▁was ▁not ▁supported ▁by ▁most ▁American ▁states , ▁which ▁emb old ened ▁the ▁political ▁reb els . ▁ ▁C ay o ▁Conf ites ▁affair ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁approximately ▁ 1 2 0 0 ▁armed ▁men ▁was ▁assemble d ▁in ▁Cuba ▁with ▁the ▁cover t ▁assistance ▁of ▁Cub an ▁President ▁Ram ón ▁Gra u ▁San ▁Martin . ▁The ▁leaders ▁of ▁the ▁group ▁believed ▁that ▁with ▁their ▁own ▁strength ▁and ▁the ▁assistance ▁of ▁the ▁Domin ican ▁under ground