1952: CIA Chief Approves Covert Intervention in Latvia, Codenamed "Operation AEFLAG"
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Target State: United Soviet Socialist Republic – Latvian SSR Dates: Approximately 1949-1956 (less aggressive operations continued) Tactics: Covert – Dissidents, psychological warfare Type of Operation: Offensive Regime Replaced: No Primary Source Documents: • National Security Council (October 5, 1949) “NSC-58 on Policy Toward Eastern Europe,” link. • Central Intelligence Agency (1957) “Description Project AEFlag,” link. • Central Intelligence Agency ( ) “Project Outline ZRLYNCH,” link.

Source: Lindsey O'Rourke, Covert Regime Change
1971: US Ambassador Oversees Swearing-In of New Haitian Dictator
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"When the Haitian leader died on 12 April 1971, the American Ambassador Clinton Knox was the only diplomat present at the midnight swearing-in of 19-year-old Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier as the new President for Life"

Source: , Killing Hope
1994: Operation Distant Runner: US Military Intervention in Rwanda
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12 April – Operation Distant Runner rescued Americans from Rwanda. Some 230 civilians, including 142 U.S. citizens, fleeing ethnic bloodshed in Rwanda, were evacuated to safety through the central African nation of Burundi by a contingency force of Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable).

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2015: Police Arrest Freddie Gray in Baltimore and Break His Spine During "Joyride"
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"On April 12, 2015, Freddie Carlos Gray, Jr., a 25-year-old Black man, was arrested by the Baltimore Police Department for possessing what the police alleged was an illegal switchblade under Baltimore law. While being transported in a police van, several cops held him down, putting pressure on his spinal cord, after which he fell into a coma and died on April 19, 2015. This sparked a series of protests in Baltimore; riot police responded violently, and called in the national guard to aid against the "thugs", as they were labeled by Obama in a press conference. After the protests were put down, the police officers were given separate trials, and all of them were found innocent. 1", as usual

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