| Location | Period | Type of Force | Comments on U.S. Role |
| Argentina | 1890 | Troops | Buenos Aires interests protected |
| Chile | 1891 | Troops | Marines clash with nationalist rebels |
| Haiti | 1891 | Troops | Black workers revolt on U.S.-claimed Navassa Island defeated |
| Nicaragua | 1894 | Troops | Month-long occupation of Bluefields |
| Panama | 1895 | Naval, troops | Marines land in Colombian province |
| Nicaragua | 1896 | Troops | Marines land in port of Corinto |
| Cuba | 1898- | Naval, troops | Seized from Spain, U.S. still holds Navy base at Guantanamo |
| Puerto Rico | 1898- | Naval, troops | Seized from Spain, occupation continues |
| Nicaragua | 1898 | Troops | Marines land at port of San Juan del Sur |
| Nicaragua | 1899 | Troops | Marines land at port of Bluefields |
| Honduras | 1903 | Troops | Marines intervene in revolution |
| Dominican Republic | 1903-04 | Troops | U.S. interests protected in Revolution |
| Cuba | 1906-09 | Troops | Marines land in democratic election |
| Nicaragua | 1907 | Troops | "Dollar Diplomacy" protectorate set up |
| Honduras | 1907 | Troops | Marines land during war with Nicaragua |
| Panama | 1908 | Troops | Marines intervene in election contest |
| Nicaragua | 1910 | Troops | Marines land in Bluefields and Corinto |
| Honduras | 1911 | Troops | U.S. interests protected in civil war |
| Cuba | 1912 | Troops | U.S. interests protected in Havana |
| Panama | 1912 | Troops | Marines land during heated election |
| Honduras | 1912 | Troops | Marines protect U.S. economic interests |
| Nicaragua | 1912-33 | Troops, bombing | 20-year occupation, fought guerrillas |
| Mexico | 1913 | Naval | Americans evacuated during revolution |
| Dominican Republic | 1914 | Naval | Fight with rebels over Santo Domingo |
| Mexico | 1914-18 | Naval, troops | Series of interventions against nationalists |
| Haiti | 1914-34 | Troops, bombing | 19-year occupation after revolts |
| Dominican Republic | 1916-24 | Troops | 8-year Marine occupation |
| Cuba | 1917-33 | Troops | Military occupation, economic protectorate |
| Panama | 1918-20 | Troops | "Police duty" during unrest after elections |
| Honduras | 1919 | Troops | Marines land during election campaign |
| Guatemala | 1920 | Troops | 2-week intervention against unionists |
| Costa Rica | 1921 | Troops | |
| Panama | 1921 | Troops | |
| Honduras | 1924-25 | Troops | Landed twice during election strife |
| Panama | 1925 | Troops | Marines suppress general strike |
| El Salvador | 1932 | Naval | Warships sent during Faribundo Marti revolt |
| Uruguay | 1947 | Nuclear threat | Bombers deployed as show of strength |
| Puerto Rico | 1950 | Command operation | Independence rebellion crushed in Ponce |
| Guatemala | 1954-? | Command operation, bombing, nuclear threat | CIA directs exile invasion and coup d'Etat after newly elected government nationalizes unused U.S.'s United Fruit Company lands; bombers based in Nicaragua; long-term result: 200,000 murdered |
| Panama | 1958 | Troops | Flag protests erupt into confrontation |
| Cuba | 1961 | Command operation | CIA-directed exile invasion fails |
| Cuba | 1962 | Nuclear threat, naval | Blockade during missile crisis; near-war with Soviet Union |
| Panama | 1964 | Troops | Panamanians shot for urging canal's return |
| Dominican Republic | 1965-66 | Troops, bombing | Marines land during election campaign |
| Guatemala | 1966-67 | Command operation | Green Berets intervene against rebels |
| Chile | 1973 | Command operation | CIA-backed coup ousts democratically elected Marxist president |
| El Salvador | 1981-92 | Command operation, troops | Advisors, overflights aid anti-rebel war, soldiers briefly involved in hostage clash; long-term result: 75,000 murdered and destruction of popular movement |
| Nicaragua | 1981-90 | Command operation, naval | CIA directs exile (Contra) invasions, plants harbor mines against revolution; result: 50,000 murdered |
| Honduras | 1982-90 | Troops | Maneuvers help build bases near borders |
| Grenada | 1983-84 | Troops, bombing | Invasion four years after revolution |
| Bolivia | 1987 | Troops | Army assists raids on cocaine region |
| Panama | 1989 | Troops, bombing | Nationalist government ousted by 27,000 soldiers, leaders arrested, 2000+ killed |
| Haiti | 1994-95 | Troops, naval | Blockade against military government; troops restore President Aristide to office three years after coup |
| Venezuela | 2002 | Command operation | Failed coup attempt to remove left-populist president Hugo Chavez |
| Haiti | 2004- | Troops | Removal of democratically elected President Aristide; troops occupy country |
| Honduras | 2009 | Command operation | Support for coup that removed president Manuel Zelaya |
Sources:
Blum, William. Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventionism Since World War II. Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press, 1995.
Ege & Makhijani. "180 Landings by the U.S. Marine Corps" (History Division), Counterspy (July-Aug. 1982). Foreign Affairs Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Instances of Use of Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2020. CRS Report for Congress, 2020.
Grossman, Zoltan. Over a Century of U.S. Military Interventions. Self-published, revised Jan. 1, 1995.
Sklar, Holly. "Who's Who: Invading 'Our' Hemisphere 1831-," Z Magazine (Feb. 1990).
U.S. Congress, Committee on Foreign Affairs' Report. Background Information on the Use of United States Armed Forces in Foreign Countries. Washington, D.C.: 91st Congress, 2nd Session, 1970.
Zinn, Howard. A People's History of the United States. New York: Perennial Library, Harper & Row, 1980.
Also see Zoltan Grossman, From Wounded Knee to Iraq (A Chronology of U.S. Imperialism)
Please send any suggestions, comments, corrections, additions, etc. to Marc Becker at marc@yachana.org.