Ka kammala wannan jumla: A ƙarshen ƙarni na 20, nahiyar ta zama filin yaƙi na Yaƙin Cacar Baki. Wasu gwamnatocin da aka zaɓa ta hanyar dimokiradiyya na Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay da Paraguay sun rushe ko maye gurbinsu da mulkin kama karya na soja a cikin shekarun 1960 da 1970. Don rage adawa, gwamnatocinsu sun tsare dubun dubatan fursunonin siyasa, da yawa daga cikinsu an azabtar da su da / ko kashe su a kan haɗin gwiwar jihohi. A fannin tattalin arziki, sun fara sauyawa zuwa manufofin tattalin arzikin neoliberal. Sun sanya ayyukansu a cikin koyarwar Cold War na Amurka na "Tsaro na Kasa" a kan rushewar ciki. A cikin shekarun 1980 da 1990, Peru ta sha wahala daga
rikici na ciki.