Virginia Textbooks and the Cold War in Latin America Main Menu Virginia History Textbooks and the Cold War in Latin America home-page; basic description Textbook Introduction Heat Map This is how frequently each country is mentioned in text in these different textbooks Timeline of the Cold War in Latin America This is where the Timeline JS will be placed. Visualizations of Textbook Titles This is where my super pretty interconnected web will come into play. Primary Sources Here is where my bibliography will be with a bunch of different archives/primary sources Secondary Sources About the Author

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dasdWhile the primary and secondary source resources suggested might be extremely beneficial to understanding the nuanced complexions of the relationship between the United States and Latin America during the Cold War, these readings also require copious amounts of time and additional finances or access to libraries. In the interim, here are some quick links that provide concise, oftentimes objective, summaries of various Cold War in Latin America events, including how the United States is either directly or indirectly implicated in these events.

The images throughout this page were taken during a 2020 trip to Guatemala. They showcase the memory work happening alongside the declassification projects to acknowledge and reconcile the human rights violations of the past.

General Summaries of the United States involvement in Latin America: Wikipedia, Oxford Bibliographies, Oxford Reference, Central American Crises: Wikipedia

Declassification Projects: Argentina, Brazil, Chile

Guatemalan internal armed conflict: Wikipedia

Argentina last military dictatorship: Wikipedia

Chile and the Pinochet regime: Wikipedia

Salvadoran civil war: Wikipedia 

Paraguayan dictatorship: Wikipedia

Colombian civil war: Wikipedia

Uruguayn dictatorship: Wikipedia

Honduras conflict: The Center for Justice & Accountability 

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