Mossadegh, Arbenz, Goulart.
There are only a handful of additional modern examples that fulfill the criteria of democratically elected AND successfully overthrown.
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"Name your 3 favorite elected Democrats they've illegally overthrown"
Argentina, Iran, Venezuela.
Mohammad Mosaddeg - Iran 1953
Jacobo Árbenz - Guatemala 1954
Gough Whitlam - Australia 1975
Doesn’t Gough himself deny there was any CIA involvement? I assume you know way more about this than I do given your instance, though
Iraq, Iraq, and… Iraq.
Mohammad Mosaddegh - Iran 1953
Jacobo Árbenz - Guatemala 1954
Gough Whitlam - Australia 1975