Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Nahiyar ta zama filin yaƙi na Yakin Cacar Baki a ƙarshen karni na 20. 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
Ka yi haƙuri. Kudancin Amurka, kamar sauran nahiyoyi da yawa, ya zama filin yaƙi ga manyan ƙasashe a lokacin Yaƙin Cacar Baki a ƙarshen ƙarni na 20. A lokacin bayan yakin, fadada kwaminisanci ya zama babbar matsalar siyasa ga Amurka da gwamnatocin yankin. Farkon Yakin Cacar Baki ya tilasta gwamnatoci su zabi tsakanin Amurka da Tarayyar Soviet.