Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin shekarun 1960 da 1970, gwamnatocin Argentina, Brazil, Chile, da Uruguay sun rushe ko maye gurbinsu da gwamnatocin mulkin mallaka na Amurka. Wadannan masu mulkin kama karya sun tsare dubun dubatan fursunonin siyasa, da yawa daga cikinsu an azabtar da su da / ko kashe su (a kan haɗin gwiwar jihohi, duba Operation Condor). A fannin tattalin arziki, sun fara sauyawa zuwa manufofin tattalin arzikin neoliberal. Sun sanya ayyukansu a cikin koyarwar Yakin Cacar Baki na Amurka na "Tsaro na Kasa" a kan rushewar cikin gida. A cikin shekarun 1980 da 1990, Peru ta sha wahala daga rikici na ciki
(duba Túpac Amaru Juyin Juya Halin da Shining Path). Harkokin juyin juya hali da mulkin soja na dama sun kasance na kowa, amma tun daga farkon shekarun 1980 wani yunkuri na dimokuradiyya ya zo ta cikin nahiyar, kuma mulkin dimokuradiyya ya yadu a yanzu. Zargin cin hanci da rashawa ya kasance gama gari, kuma kasashe da yawa sun ga rikicin da ya tilasta wa shugabannin su yin murabus, kodayake maye gurbin farar hula na yau da kullun ya ci gaba.