Lyndon B. Johnson

Born in 1908 and died in 1973 in Texas. After Kennedy was assassinated, he succeeded him as U.S. President. He won the presidential election of 1964 and remained in office until 1969.

While in office, he supported the so-called Latin American national security dictatorships, beginning with the model established in Brazil in 1964. These used all the methods of modern counter-insurgency, including kidnapping, torture and the disappearance of prisoners. Well known agents of repression and torture were trained in the infamous School of the Americas, at that time located in the Panama Canal Zone. The Johnson administration supported the United States Military Program (MAP) and the Public Safety Program (PSP) for the same purpose. In order to ensure the state of repression in Central America, the Council for the Defence of Central America and the Regional Communications Centre in Guatemala were established.

An example of Johnson-style intervention: the invasion of the Dominican Republic on April 25, 1965. The repression subsequently unleashed classifies as typical State terrorism since it victimized the civilian population.

Source:

Suarez, Luis. Madre America. A century of violence and pain (1898-1998). Ciencias Sociales Press, Havana, 2002.