Latin America has long been a region marked by political turmoil and armed conflicts. 

From the 1960s until the early 1990s, the United States and Israel played an integral role in multiple conflicts across Latin America, perpetuating violence and instability through the sales of weapons and the training of specialized forces, resulting in some of the deadliest massacres ever registered in the region.

The United States' role in wars within Latin America is deeply entrenched. During the times of the Cold War, Washington's fear of communist expansionism led to a policy of containment, resulting in interventions and support for anti-communist, right wing, dictatorships, often with little regard for democratic principles.