Ka kammala wannan magana: A lokacin Yaƙin Cacar Baki, Amirka da abokanta a Amirka sun yi yaƙi da ƙasashe da yawa a Arewacin Amirka, don su hana kwaminisanci yaɗuwa. Harkokin soja na wannan yanayin sun hada da yakin basasa na Dominican a 1963, da kuma mamaye Grenada a 1983. Yayin da rikicin Amurka ta Tsakiya ya ɓarke a ƙarshen 1970s, jihohin Amurka ta Tsakiya da dama ciki har da El Salvador,
Guatemala, da Nicaragua, sun ga yakin basasa da juyin juya halin kwaminisanci sun barke a kasarsu. Bangarori daban-daban da ke cikin waɗannan rikice-rikicen sun sami goyon baya daga ko dai Amurka, ko Gabashin Gabas, yayin da rikice-rikicen cikin gida ya zama wakilai na babban Yakin Cacar Baki.