Guatemalan coup d'état (18 Jun 1954 Jahr – 27 Jun 1954 Jahr)
Beschreibung:
-organised by CIA
-causes: desire for pro-US leaders in Latin America for US security, & pressure from United Fruit Company (+ other corporations) due to lost profits (due to new labour laws + land reform in Guatemala)
-democratically elected + highly popular Árbenz removed from power
-caused 30-year civil war
-Alan Dulles (director of CIA) + John Foster Dulles (Secretary of State) thought to have been main forces behind the coup (due to business interests)
-this, & similar US acts of aggression in Latin America, led to fear of a similar coup in Cuba
Zugefügt zum Band der Zeit:
Datum:
18 Jun 1954 Jahr
27 Jun 1954 Jahr
~ 9 days