Guatemala's economy, heavily based on coffee and sugar exports, relied on the exploitation of indigenous labour and land and a democratic regime and Marxist insurgencies posed a direct threat to the political and economic elite as well as their main trading partner--the United States.
A democratic regime and Marxist insurgencies posed a direct threat to the political and economic elite as well as their main trading partner--the United States. Guatemala's economy, heavily based on coffee and sugar exports, relied on the exploitation of indigenous labour and land.
Guatemala's economy, heavily based on coffee and sugar exports, relied on the exploitation of indigenous labour and land. A democratic regime and Marxist insurgencies posed a direct threat to the political and economic elite as well as their main trading partner--the United States.
Guatemala's economy, heavily based on coffee and sugar exports, relied on the exploitation of indigenous labour and land. A democratic regime and Marxist insurgencies posed a direct threat to the political and economic elite as well as their main trading partner--the United States.