Guatemala · Government / Government of Guatemala. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Campaigns as a reformer and wins 60% of the vote by promising to make Guatemala an economically independent, capitalist state that would shed its colonial-era dependence on the US. Arbenz assumes the presidency after Guatemalas first-ever universal-suffrage election, marking the first peaceful transition of power in Guatemalas history
Elected President of Guatemala
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