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The CIA armed, funded, and trained a force of 480 men led by Carlos Castillo Armas. After U.S. efforts to criticize and isolate Guatemala internationally, Armas' force invaded Guatemala on 18 June 1954, backed by a heavy campaign of psychological warfare, as well as air bombings of Guatemala City and a naval blockade.
The rise of communism in Guatemala was not connected to U.S.S.R. due to statements from Nikolai Leonov the former KGB intelligence officer in charge of Central American intelligence [2] as well as push back by the Soviet union and Guatemalan ambassadors in the UN in reaction to U.S. accusations of Soviet Intervention within The Guatemalan government [3]
The United States Department of State says that the U.S., as a member of the ‘Los Amigos de Guatemala’ coalition, along with Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Norway, and Venezuela, played an important role in peace agreements moderated by the UN, provided public support. The United States strongly supports the six substantial peace agreements and ...
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemala will accept 40% more deportation flights from the United States, including both Guatemalan deportees and those of other nationalities, President Bernardo ...
The flight landed safely in the middle of the morning, the sun occasionally bursting through the clouds over Guatemala City. But instead of taxiing to International Arrivals, the plane headed ...
By Sarah Kinosian. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala is open to receiving citizens of other Central American nations who are deported from the United States, three sources familiar with the matter ...
The US government supported the 1971 coup led by General Hugo Banzer that toppled President Juan José Torres of Bolivia. [9] Torres had displeased Washington by convening an "Asamblea del Pueblo" (Assembly of the Town), in which representatives of specific proletarian sectors of society were represented (miners, unionized teachers, students, peasants), and more generally by leading the ...
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala said it is open to engaging in a "constructive and respectful dialogue" with the new administration of incoming U.S. President Donald Trump, though no ...