In 1954, the United States embarked on a mission to overthrow democratically elected Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz in order to instill Juan Castillo Armas as a pro-U.S. military dictator. What resulted was decades of right-wing tyranny, and a 36 year long civil war.
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Some sources/Resources:
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54Guat/d27
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB4/
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54Guat/d287
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jacobo-Arbenz
https://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/guatemala
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