Using a comparative perspective, the article analyses the military coups which expelled João Goulart and Arturo Illia from presidency in Brazil (1964) and Argentina (1966), focusing on the American influence on these historical facts. This analysis highlights a series of nuances about contexts, internal interests and priorities of United States' foreign policy, showing that, beyond specific qualities, circumstances, motivations and internal struggles, the military movements in Brazil and Argentina were included in a sole strategy, used at the time throughout Latin America.
Brazil; Argentina; United States; Military coups