From Guatemala to Venezuela. Economic and Human Costs of U.S. Interventions in Latin America 1954–2026

Title: From Guatemala to Venezuela. Economic and Human Costs of U.S. Interventions in Latin America 1954–2026

Author: Marcello Vittorio Ferrada de Noli

Publisher: Libertarian Books. Stockholm/ Bergamo

Date: 2026-01-14

ISBN 978-91-88747-17-4

Pages: 1-131

License: CC Attribution 4.0 International

This comprehensive study analyzes seven decades of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America, focusing on political interventions, regime changes, and their long-term developmental impacts on democracy and human rights. Combining historical research with quantitative data and personal testimony, it investigates how Cold War and post-Cold War strategies shaped national economies, governance structures, and social outcomes, human lives costs in fourteen Latin American countries.

Keywords: U.S. foreign policy, Latin America, intervention economics, political economy, development, regime change, sanctions, human rights, Cold War history, economic impact, neocolonialism, sovereignty, declassified archives, CIA operations, Venezuela crisis.