Case Study: Guatemalan Coup
Guatemalan Coup
Coup definition: an overthrow (sudden and illegal seizure of a government) looking to replace it with a new ruling body.
The 1954 Guatemalan Coup was an operation planned by the United States Military and organized with help from the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) seeking to overthrow the President of Guatemala, Democrat, Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán. President Árbenz Guzmán was a dangerous threat to the Central American economy and to the political/economical regard of the United States. With Guzmán in charge Guatemala was becoming a threat to the stability of its neighboring countries, Honduras and El Salvador. He used powerful propaganda to get foreign enterprises to take an interest in him. His plan all
Coup definition: an overthrow (sudden and illegal seizure of a government) looking to replace it with a new ruling body.
The 1954 Guatemalan Coup was an operation planned by the United States Military and organized with help from the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) seeking to overthrow the President of Guatemala, Democrat, Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán. President Árbenz Guzmán was a dangerous threat to the Central American economy and to the political/economical regard of the United States. With Guzmán in charge Guatemala was becoming a threat to the stability of its neighboring countries, Honduras and El Salvador. He used powerful propaganda to get foreign enterprises to take an interest in him. His plan all