US intervention in Latin America

Im writing a part of a big project overall. Team 3 Historical Intervention & Institutional Legacy Big idea: How past U.S. interventions created long-lasting institutional paths. what is going to be talked about first. (not part of what I have to do) 1. Cold War Interventions (Coups, Backed regimes) 2. Institutional Disruption(Weak courts, Politicized militaries, Corruption) 3. Elite Capture (Small groups controlling power) 4. Long-Run Consequences( Repeated political crises, Low trust in government, High inequality) WHAT I NEED TO WRITE ABOUT IS THIS: 5. Path Dependence Why problems persist. need to include sources of course better if its peer revised journals. NEED TO FOCUS IN COUNTRIES THAT ARE RELEVANT, with examples; but of course Venezuela, Nicaragua and El Salvador, which are the most recent