was undermined as the Soviet Union under Stalin pressured nations to become Communist, culminating in the bloody coup of Prague and the Berlin Blockade in 1948.
In a defensive posture, the United States created the House of Un-American Activities, or "HUAC," and set out to expose the communist activities infiltrating America's entertainment industry. America's "Red Scare" truly began, allegiance with the Soviet Union during World War II was all but forgotten, and the path was paved for McCarthyism of the early 1950's.
Fascism reached the Southern Hemisphere as Juan Peron is elected as President of Argentina. After studying with Mussolini, Peron headed a strongly nationalistic, nearly totalitarianistic government of Argentina for a great portion of the 20th Century.
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