A 1954 CIA coup in this country defended the interests of the United Fruit company and overthrew president Jacobo Arbenz Guzman.
This nation used the Swedish freighter Alfhem to acquire surplus Czech weapons, which were the target of a paramilitary operation to destroy its railroads led by Rip Robertson. Other subversive activities here included the propaganda channel "Voice of Liberation" and Operation Success, a plan to create civil war. Both were approved by.ambassador John Peurifoy, whose efforts helped install Carlos Castillo Armas as its military dictator. Guerrillas like Gaspar Ilom fought during its civil war, which included a massacre at Sacuchum. A 1954 CIA coup in this country defended the interests of the United Fruit company and overthrew president Jacobo Arbenz Guzman. For 10 points, name that Central American country, the home of Rigoberta Menchu.
This nation used the Swedish freighter Alfhem to acquire surplus Czech weapons, which were the target of a paramilitary operation to destroy its railroads led by Rip Robertson.
{Guatemala}