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The First CIA Coup in Latin America

The First CIA Coup in Latin America

FromWitness History


The First CIA Coup in Latin America

FromWitness History

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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Jul 26, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In 1954 a group of army officers, supported by the CIA, overthrew the elected government of Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala. It was the first CIA-organised coup in Latin America. President Arbenz's son, Juan Jacobo, remembers the family's flight into exile. Photo: Army officers opposed to President Arbenz go over a map of the territory on their push to Zacapa and then to Guatemala City, July 1954. (AP Photo)
Released:
Jul 26, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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