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CIA and Guatemala

1954

Impact of 1954 Coup

  • U.S. claimed to successfully save Guatemala from "communist imperialism"
  • Overthrow of first democratically elected president
  • Castillo Armas assassinated in 1957
  • Series of coups and countercoups among Guatemalan people
  • Economic and Military interests for U.S. prevail in Guatemala

Operation PBSUCCESS

CIA overthrows Jacobo Arbenz

"Selection of individuals for disposal by Junta Group"

Arbenz elected President of Guatemala

1954

June 27, 1954

August 1953

March 31, 1954

1950

President Eisenhower authorized PBSUCCESS

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