That is absolutely laughable. I know the US' excuse was the Cold War but you know the ties between these nations and the USSR were exaggerated.

What was the real commonality between these nations? Industrial nationalism. US companies owned some of their industries and the new leaders wanted them nationalized to help the people of these respective nations. Iran wanted to Nationlize its oil, Nicaragua and Guatemala wanted to nationalize their fruit companies. The widespread domcratic overthrows throughout South America were not a struggle between democracy and socialism, they were a struggle between Dole Fruit and the people of South America.