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Monday, May 12, 2008

US backed Civil War in Guatemala

What do we know about this terrible tragedy?

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/guatemala.htm


1954 - Land reform stops with the accession to power of Colonel Carlos Castillo in a coup backed by the US and prompted by Arbenz's nationalisation of plantations of the United Fruit Company.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/country_profiles/1215811.stm


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