Blind Convictions: American Interference in Guatemala
Candis Davis


In 1944, long-time dictator of Guatemala, Jorge Ubico, was overthrown.
This led to major reforms under Guatemala’s first-ever, democratically elected Presidents Juan José Arévalo and his successor, Jacobo Arbenz. Their reform programs, especially those of labour and land reform, quickly developed conflicts between the government and foreign-owned companies and caused US concern for growing communist influence in Guatemala.
The most influential of these corporate players was the United Fruit Company (UFCo) and its subsidiary, the International Railways of Central America. When Arbenz implemented new pro-labour policy, the UFCo pressured the American government to exercise economic sanctions. Washington declined to do so. However, in 1952, Arbenz introduced Decree 900, which called for the expropriation of un-used, arable tracts of land to peasant farmers with government bonds to compensate the former......

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