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True or false: During the cold war when left-wing movements in latin America tried to overthrow their governments the united states generally supported the existing government.

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This is true.
The reason for this was the cold war, and the US feared that left-wing governments would support Cuba (or become another Cuba) or the Soviet Union. It intervened in a number of occasions, such as against Salvador Allende in Chile or in El Salvador.
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