"Salvador Allende, the democratically elected Marxist president of Chile toppled in a military coup in 1973, and Rafael Trujillo, the longstanding dictator of the Dominican Republic who was assassinated in 1961 in an ambush organized by political opponents, are just two regional leaders whose fates serve as a warning to Maduro. Allende is believed to have killed himself, although some doubt that explanation, as troops stormed the presidential palace in the Chilean capital, Santiago,"
"The agency is also thought to have made at least eight unsuccessful attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba's communist regime, which is still in power and is closely allied to Maduro. The plot to depose Castro also included the failed Bay of Pigs invasion carried out by Cuban exiles and organized by the CIA in the early months of John F Kennedy's presidency in 1961, but which was defeated by Cuba's armed forces."
A major US military buildup is targeting Nicolás Maduro, whom Washington has labeled a narco-terrorist. Historic coups and interventions—Salvador Allende’s 1973 overthrow, Rafael Trujillo’s 1961 assassination, and the CIA-backed 1954 coup against Jacobo Arbenz—are cited as regional precedents. The 1954 overthrow of Arbenz triggered a decades-long Guatemalan civil war with massive casualties and disappearances. The CIA reportedly attempted multiple assassinations of Fidel Castro and organized the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion; Cuba remains allied with Maduro. The United States is staging its largest regional naval buildup since 1962 and reportedly preparing strikes on Venezuelan military drug-smuggling facilities, placing Maduro at heightened risk.
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