Historical place archive

Guatemala in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Guatemala in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels1 people1954–1954

Historical events in Guatemala

1954

June 1954
Guatemala Psychological Warfare Campaign
Everette Howard Hunt · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Hunt's propaganda work supported a broader CIA psychological campaign designed to magnify the apparent strength of forces opposing Jacobo Arbenz.

27 June 1954
PBSUCCESS Political Warfare Concludes
Everette Howard Hunt · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Arbenz resigned as the CIA-backed operation reached its decisive stage, ending the political-warfare campaign in which Hunt had served.

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