Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1952, i whakarewahia e te CIA te Operation PBFortune, ā, i te tau 1954, Operation PBSuccess ki te whakataka i te peresideni Guatemalan i kōwhiria ā-iwi, a Jacobo Árbenz, ā, ka mutu te Revolution Guatemalan. I whakatūria e te hurihanga te rangatiratanga hōia o Carlos Castillo Armas, te tuatahi i roto i te raupapa o nga kaihautū i tautokohia e te US i whakahaere i Guatemala. I muri iho ka uru a Guatemala ki roto i te pakanga ā-iwi
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