The document summarizes various CIA activities over several decades that aimed to influence regimes in other countries, some covertly. It describes CIA-led coups that overthrew governments in Iran (1953), Guatemala (1954), and Chile (1973). It also details failed attempts to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba (1961) and the Sandinista government in Nicaragua in the 1980s by funding Contra rebels. The document further outlines CIA assassination operations and domestic surveillance programs in the US. It provides examples of CIA special projects involving media infiltration, mind control experiments, and psychic research.