Editing Dictatorship (section)

==== Latin America ====
Military dictatorships remained prominent in Latin America during the Cold War, though the number of coups declined starting in the 1980s. Between 1967 and 1991, 12 Latin American countries underwent at least one military coup, with Haiti and Honduras experiencing three and Bolivia experiencing eight.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dix |first=Robert H. |date=1994 |title=Military Coups and Military Rule in Latin America |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0095327X9402000307 |journal=Armed Forces & Society |language=en |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=439–456 |doi=10.1177/0095327X9402000307 |s2cid=144439768 |issn=0095-327X}}</ref> A one-party communist dictatorship was formed in Cuba when the dictatorship of [[Fulgencio Batista]], weakened by an American arms embargo against his regime, was overthrown in the [[Cuban Revolution]], creating the only Soviet-backed dictatorship in the western hemisphere.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Thomas |first=Hugh |date=1987 |title=Cuba: The United States and Batista, 1952-58 |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/wrldaf149&id=183&div=&collection= |journal=World Affairs |volume=149 |issue=4 |pages=169–175}}</ref> To maintain power, Chilean dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]] organized [[Operation Condor]] with other South American dictators to facilitate cooperation between their respective intelligence agencies and secret police organizations.<ref name=":32">{{Cite magazine |date=1999-03-19 |title=Operation Condor Haunts Bolivian President Hugo Banzer |magazine=NotiSur |publisher=University of New Mexico |issn=1060-4189}}</ref>