Editing 1960s (section)

====South America====
* In 1960, the [[Mossad]] carries out [[:es:Operación_Garibaldi|Operation Garibaldi]], which consisted in the kidnapping and transportation of Nazi fugitive [[Adolf Eichmann]], who was living in [[Argentina]].
* In 1963, Argentine military officers start a revolt to instigate the government to take a hardline stance against the political participation of [[Peronist]] politicians. The revolt failed after some fighting that left 24 dead in both sides. This event is known in Argentine historiography as [[1963 Argentine Navy revolt|Azules y Colorados]].
* In 1964, a [[1964 Brazilian coup d'état|successful coup]] against the democratically elected government of [[Brazil|Brazilian]] president [[João Goulart]] initiated a military dictatorship that caused over 20 years of oppression.
* The [[Argentina|Argentine]] revolutionary [[Che Guevara|Ernesto "Che" Guevara]] travelled to Africa and then [[Bolivia]] in his campaign to spread worldwide revolution. He was captured and executed in 1967 by the Bolivian army and afterwards became an iconic figure for leftists around the world.
* [[Juan Velasco Alvarado]] took power by means of a coup in [[Peru]] in 1968.
* In 1969, the labour union [[General Confederation of Labour (Argentina)|CGT]] of Argentina decided to do a [[general strike]], which brought police repression and a civil uprising, an episode later known as [[Cordobazo]].