On June 27, 1954, democratically elected Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán was deposed in a CIA-sponsored coup to protect the profits of the United Fruit Company. Arbenz was replaced by decades of brutal U.S.-backed regimes who committed widespread torture and genocide. Read a description on this page from the book Harvest of Empire by Juan Gonzalez (journalist) and see full image of painting: bit.ly/1csWce5 This painting by Diego Rivera, "Gloriosa Victoria,” also tells much of the story. Coup Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas greets secretary of state John Foster Dulles, who holds a bomb with the face of Eisenhower, surrounded by people who were murdered in the coup. To his left is U.S. ambassador John Peurifoy with military officers and CIA director Allen W. Dulles whispering in his brother’s ear. On the right, the archbishop of Guatemala, Mariano Rossell Arellano blesses the act, while Guatemalans protest. Here are resources from Teaching for Change on the history and literature of Central America: bit.ly/11IbxTn
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