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CIA-backed Invasion of Guatemala

Argentina · Politics / Revolutionary Movement. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1954

Ernesto "Che" Guevara17 June 1954

Guatemala · Politics / Revolutionary Movement

Guevara is in Guatemala when forces backed by the CIA invade against President Jacobo Arbenz's government.

Names involved

Ernesto "Che" Guevara

Provenance

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