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After the United States helped overthrow President Guzman of Guatemala in the early 1950s,
Guzman was reinstated by popular vote.
communists took over anyway.
the new leader quickly became a military dictator.
the country enjoyed years of fair democratic rule.
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The third statement is correct: the new leader quickly became a military dictator.
Brief context: In 1954 the CIA backed a coup that ousted President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán. He was not reinstated, and communists did not take over. Instead Carlos Castillo Armas (and later other military-backed rulers) took power and Guatemala moved into decades of authoritarian, often military, rule and civil war.
Brief context: In 1954 the CIA backed a coup that ousted President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán. He was not reinstated, and communists did not take over. Instead Carlos Castillo Armas (and later other military-backed rulers) took power and Guatemala moved into decades of authoritarian, often military, rule and civil war.
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