https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/ac595a14-3e61-4612-9124-079259baf172 In 1954 the Guatemalan people elected Jacobo Arbenz as their President. He attempted to challenge the United Fruit Company by helping the ordinary farmers receive their fair share of the land. However, in the process, he made a powerful enemy in the face of the United States government and the CIA. In a short period of time, Arbenz was overthrown and replaced by a sympathetic and friendly government of Castilo Armas. Subscribe to our channel for more videos! Reference: Chapman, Peter (2007). Bananas!: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World Cullather, Nicholas (2006). Secret History: The CIA's classified account of its operations in Guatemala, 1952–1954 Immerman, Richard H. (1982). The CIA in Guatemala: The Foreign Policy of Intervention Blum, William (2003). Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:26:54 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/ac595a14-3e61-4612-9124-079259baf172 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.