by Strong Americas | Aug 17, 2026
The early twentieth century brought profound upheaval to Haiti, culminating in a U.S. military occupation that lasted from 1915 to 1934. Citing political instability and the protection of American financial interests, U.S. Marines took control of the country’s...
by Strong Americas | Aug 17, 2026
Guyana, then the colony of British Guiana, saw the rise of an anti-colonial movement centered on the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), founded in 1950 by Cheddi Jagan and Forbes Burnham. The PPP won the colony’s first election under universal adult...
by Strong Americas | Aug 17, 2026
A popular uprising known as the October Revolution overthrew the long-standing dictatorship of Jorge Ubico in 1944, ushering in a decade of democratic reform under presidents Juan José Arévalo and Jacobo Árbenz. Árbenz’s government pursued an ambitious land...
by Strong Americas | Aug 17, 2026
Grenada gained independence from Britain in 1974 under Prime Minister Eric Gairy, whose increasingly authoritarian and erratic rule, including reliance on a personal paramilitary force known as the “Mongoose Gang,” alienated much of the population over the...
by Strong Americas | Aug 17, 2026
El Salvador’s twentieth century was shaped by deep-rooted inequities in land ownership and political power that stretched back to the previous century. Salvadoran elites, backed by the military, resisted meaningful economic reform for decades, and popular...
