Title: Pink tide - Wikipedia
Headings: Pink tide
Pink tide
Contents
Background
History
Rise of the left: 1990s and 2000s
Commodities boom and growth
End of commodity boom and decline: 2010s
Economy and social development
Political outcome
Resurgence
Term
Reception
Head of the states and governments
Presidents
Timeline
See also
References

Content: Contents
1 Background
2 History
2.1 Rise of the left: 1990s and 2000s
2.1.1 Commodities boom and growth
2.2 End of commodity boom and decline: 2010s
2.2.1 Economy and social development
3 Political outcome
4 Resurgence
5 Term
6 Reception
7 Head of the states and governments
7.1 Presidents
7.2 Timeline
8 See also
9 References
Background
See also: Operation Condor and United States involvement in regime change in Latin America
Raúl Castro of Cuba and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, the man who was the key figure for the Pink Tide
During the Cold War, a series of left-leaning governments were elected in Latin America. These governments faced coups sponsored by the United States government as part of its geostrategic interest in the region. Among these were the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état, 1964 Brazilian coup d'état, 1973 Chilean coup d'état and 1976 Argentine coup d'état. All of these coups were followed by United States-backed and sponsored right-wing military dictatorships as part of the United States government's Operation Condor. These authoritarian regimes committed several human rights violations including illegal detentions of political opponents, suspects of be one and/or their families, tortures, disappearances and child trafficking. As these regimes started to decline due to international pressure, internal outcry in the United States from the population due to the involvement in the atrocities forced Washington to relinquish its support for them. New democratic processes began during the late 1970s and up to the early 1990s.