Central America During The Cold War

While the Cold War was going on between the US and USSR, communism began to spread around the world. This was the situation in central America, as many revolutions happened in the area. This led to many countries being a war zone for years, and a lot of uprisings were backed by communists. This caused the US to intervene with the conflicts in Central America, as they wanted to keep communism out of the western hemisphere. The CIA began to try to take down leaders who hide communist ideas or were close to known communists. They would teach people of the country to light brush fires and clog toilets in order to make the government lose support from its people. However, many of the governments the US supported were brutal to their civilians, and would initiate mass killings in order to instill fear. Once people realized this, the government lost popularity.