Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kutevera 1959 Cuban Revolution uye kushandiswa kwemunharaunda munyika dzinoverengeka dzeChe Guevara's foco theory, US yakatanga hondo muSouth America pamusoro peyainzi "Communist subversives", zvichitungamirira kutsigiro yezvikwata zvinopesana nevatungamiri vakasarudzwa nenzira yezvematongerwe enyika zvakadai sekutsigirwa kwekodzero yeChilean, iyo yaizoguma ne1973 Chilean coup yaAugusto Pinochet pamusoro peSalvador Allende akasarudzwa nenzira yezvematongerwe enyika. Pakazosvika 1976, South America yose yakanga yakafukidzwa noutongi hwakadaro hwechiuto, hunonzi "juntas". MuParaguay, Alfredo Stroessner akanga ave ari musimba kubvira muna 1954; muBrazil, mutungamiri wekuruboshwe João Goulart akakandirwa pasi nechisimba chemauto muna 1964 achibatsirwa neU.S. mune zvaizivikanwa seOperation Brother Sam; muBolivia, General Hugo Banzer akakanda pasi mutungamiri wekuruboshwe Juan José Torres muna 1971; muUruguay, inonzi "Switzerland" yeSouth America, Juan María Bordaberry akatora simba muna 27 June 1973 coup. MuPeru, General Velasco Alvarado akaronga kushandisa mauto ePeru achangobva kupiwa simba kuti akunde mauto eChilean mukupinda kwePinochetist Chile. "Hondo Yakasviba" yakaitwa munyika yose, yakaguma neOperation Condor, chibvumirano pakati pemasangano ezvokuchengetedza eSouthern Cone nedzimwe nyika dzeSouth America kudzvinyirira nokuponda vavengi vezvematongerwe enyika, icho chakatsigirwa nehurumende yeUnited States. Mauto akabatawo simba muArgentina muna 1976, uye akabva atsigira 1980 "Cocaine Coup" yaLuis García Meza Tejada muBolivia, asati adzidzisa "Contras" muNicaragua, uko Sandinista National Liberation Front, inotungamirirwa naDaniel Ortega, yakanga yatora simba muna 1979, uyewo
mauto muGuatemala neEl Salvador. Mukati meOperation Charly, yakatsigirwa neUS, mauto eArgentina akatumira nzira dzekutyisidzira dzehurumende kuCentral America, uko "hondo yakasviba" yakaitwa kusvika kuma1990, zvichiita kuti mazana ezviuru "azviparadzanise".