1954 Guatemalan coup d’état

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Cold War event United States foreign intervention coup d’état

The 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état was a CIA-orchestrated overthrow of President Jacobo Árbenz that marked a pivotal Cold War intervention in Latin America and ushered in decades of political instability and repression in Guatemala.

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Label	Occurrences
1954 Guatemalan coup d’état canonical	4
Guatemalan coup d'état of 1954	2
1954 Guatemalan coup d'état	1
Guatemalan Civil–military tensions of the 1950s	1
Guatemalan coup d’état of 1954	1

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Target entity: 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état
Context triple: [Allen Dulles, notableEvent, 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état]

A. 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état
The 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état was a military-led overthrow of President Carlos Humberto Romero that installed a reformist junta and set the stage for the outbreak of the Salvadoran Civil War.
B. 1973 Chilean coup d'état
The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a military overthrow of President Salvador Allende that marked the violent end of Chile's democracy and the beginning of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
C. Batista dictatorship
The Batista dictatorship was the authoritarian regime led by Fulgencio Batista in Cuba during the 1950s, marked by political repression, corruption, and growing opposition that culminated in the Cuban Revolution.
D. Nicaraguan Revolution
The Nicaraguan Revolution was a late-20th-century uprising led primarily by the Sandinista National Liberation Front that overthrew the Somoza dictatorship and reshaped Nicaragua’s political and social landscape.
E. Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed 1961 CIA-backed attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro’s government in Cuba.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état
Target entity description: The 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état was a CIA-orchestrated overthrow of President Jacobo Árbenz that marked a pivotal Cold War intervention in Latin America and ushered in decades of political instability and repression in Guatemala.

A. 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état
The 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état was a military-led overthrow of President Carlos Humberto Romero that installed a reformist junta and set the stage for the outbreak of the Salvadoran Civil War.
B. 1973 Chilean coup d'état
The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a military overthrow of President Salvador Allende that marked the violent end of Chile's democracy and the beginning of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
C. Batista dictatorship
The Batista dictatorship was the authoritarian regime led by Fulgencio Batista in Cuba during the 1950s, marked by political repression, corruption, and growing opposition that culminated in the Cuban Revolution.
D. Nicaraguan Revolution
The Nicaraguan Revolution was a late-20th-century uprising led primarily by the Sandinista National Liberation Front that overthrew the Somoza dictatorship and reshaped Nicaragua’s political and social landscape.
E. Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed 1961 CIA-backed attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro’s government in Cuba.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War event ⓘ United States foreign intervention ⓘ coup d’état ⓘ
codename	Operation PBSUCCESS ⓘ
conflict	Cold War ⓘ
country	Guatemala ⓘ
describedAs	pivotal Cold War intervention in Latin America ⓘ
effectOnCountry	entrenchment of military and oligarchic power in Guatemala ⓘ long-term human rights abuses in Guatemala ⓘ
effectOnRegion	precedent for U.S.-backed coups in Latin America ⓘ
endDate	1954-06-27 ⓘ
followedBy	Guatemalan Civil War ⓘ military rule in Guatemala ⓘ
justification	anti-communism ⓘ containment of perceived Soviet influence ⓘ
keyFigure	Allen Dulles ⓘ Carlos Castillo Armas ⓘ Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán ⓘ linked to: Jacobo Árbenz John Foster Dulles ⓘ
location	Guatemala City ⓘ
method	covert paramilitary operations ⓘ diplomatic pressure ⓘ economic pressure ⓘ propaganda radio broadcasts ⓘ psychological warfare ⓘ
opposedBy	leftist and reformist groups in Guatemala ⓘ supporters of Jacobo Árbenz ⓘ
organizedBy	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ United States government ⓘ
partOf	Cold War in Latin America ⓘ linked to: Cold War proxy conflicts
perpetrator	CIA-backed Guatemalan military officers ⓘ linked to: Guatemalan Armed Forces United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
precededBy	Guatemalan Revolution ⓘ linked to: Guatemalan Civil War agrarian reform under Decree 900 ⓘ
relatedTo	U.S. anti-communist foreign policy in the 1950s ⓘ United Fruit Company land expropriation dispute ⓘ
result	beginning of decades of political instability in Guatemala ⓘ escalation of state repression in Guatemala ⓘ installation of a military government in Guatemala ⓘ overthrow of President Jacobo Árbenz ⓘ reversal of agrarian reform policies ⓘ strengthening of Guatemalan military power ⓘ
startDate	1954-06-18 ⓘ
supportedBy	Guatemalan conservative elites ⓘ United Fruit Company ⓘ
target	Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán ⓘ linked to: Jacobo Árbenz
year	1954 ⓘ

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