Latin America's Wars: The age of the professional soldier, 1900-2001

air force aircraft Allende American Angola April Apristas Argentine armed forces army assassinated attack attempted August Batista Battalion began Bogotá Bolivian bombs Brazil Brazilian Buenos Aires captured Caracas Caribbean Carlos Chaco Chaco War City civilian Colombia command Communist Party Costa coup Cuba Cuban December Defense Díaz Dominican Republic Ecuadorian El Salvador election Estigarribia February Fidel Castro fighting foco Fortin Guardia Guatemala guns Honduran Infantry Iquitos January José Juan July June junta killed landed Latin America leader leftist Liberals Lima March Mexican Mexico military Montoneros MPLA mutiny naval navy Nicaragua November October officers operations Panama Paraguay Paraguayan patrol Pérez Jiménez Perón Peru Peruvian police political port President Puerto radical left rebels Revolution Revolutionary Ríos River Salvador Salvadoran Sandinista Sandino São Paulo seized September Shining Path soldiers Somoza Soviet strategy troops Trujillo Tupamaros U.S. Marines United urban guerrilla Venezuela Villa wounded