Military and Civil Disorder Coups:
"Hard" Coup: Hondura's President Zelaya
"Soft," or "congressional" coups: Paraguay's President Lugo; and Brazil's President Roussef.
Attempted coups:
Venezuela 2002, Bolivia 2008, Ecuador 2010
Individual casualties:
In Latin America there are dozens of millions of people suffering from some combination of repression, deprivation, unrest, and the fear of violence. There are likely thousands of victims of actual violence, and quite a few people have lost their lives.
This does not count the victims of political repression in the United States.
