1946–1950 Latin American revolutionary organisation
Caribbean Legion
Legión del Caribe
Fidel Castro (right), a member of the Caribbean Legion
Dates of operation
1946–1950
Size
c. 700
The Caribbean Legion (Spanish: Legión del Caribe) was a group of progressive Latin American leaders, exiles, and revolutionaries in the 1940s. They aimed to overthrow dictatorships across Central America and replace them with democratic governments.
The members of the Legion came from most of the countries in Latin America, although the largest number were from the Dominican Republic.[1] The stated targets of the Legion were the dictatorships of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic and Teodoro Picado in Costa Rica.
The Legion mounted two failed invasions of the Dominican Republic, in 1947 and 1949. It successfully toppling the Costa Rican government in the Costa Rican Civil War in 1948.
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