The CIA intervened regularly in Latin America politics during the Cold War, in some cases going as far as bringing about regime change. We study the economic, political, and civil society effects of CIA-sponsored regime change in five Latin American countries and find that these actions caused moderate declines in real per-capita income and large declines in democracy scores, rule of law, freedom of speech, and civil liberties. Our findings show that any benefits to come out of these interventions should be weighed against the large costs that were imposed on the people living in these countries.

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中央情报局支持的拉丁美洲政权更迭的后果

冷战期间，中央情报局定期干预拉丁美洲政治，有时甚至导致政权更迭。我们研究了中央情报局支持的五个拉丁美洲国家的政权更迭对经济、政治和公民社会的影响，发现这些行动导致实际人均收入适度下降，以及民主得分、法治和言论自由的大幅下降和公民自由。我们的研究结果表明，这些干预措施带来的任何好处都应该与这些国家的人民承受的巨大成本进行权衡。