Jacobo Árbenz

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Jacobo Árbenz was a Guatemalan military officer and progressive president (1951–1954) whose agrarian reforms and overthrow in a CIA-backed coup made him a central figure in Cold War-era Latin American politics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of Guatemala ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
citizenship Guatemala ⓘ
conflict Guatemalan Revolution ⓘ
countryOfBirth Guatemala ⓘ
countryOfDeath Mexico ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1913-09-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1971-01-27 ⓘ
education Escuela Politécnica (Guatemalan military academy) ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Swiss descent (paternal) ⓘ
exiledIn Cuba ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
Uruguay ⓘ
familyName Árbenz ⓘ
linked to: Jacobo Árbenz
fullName Juan Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán ⓘ
linked to: Jacobo Árbenz
givenName Juan Jacobo ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War ⓘ
ideology left-wing nationalism ⓘ
progressivism ⓘ
implementedPolicy agrarian reform in Guatemala ⓘ
influenced Latin American leftist movements ⓘ
militaryRank colonel ⓘ
nationality Guatemalan ⓘ
notableFor agrarian reform in Guatemala ⓘ
being overthrown in a CIA-backed coup ⓘ
notableWork Decree 900 agrarian reform ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
officeEnd 1954-06-27 ⓘ
officeStart 1951-03-15 ⓘ
opponent Carlos Castillo Armas ⓘ
Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
United Fruit Company ⓘ
overthrownIn 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état ⓘ
parent Hans Jakob Árbenz ⓘ
linked to: Jacobo Árbenz

Octavia Guzmán ⓘ
placeOfBirth Quetzaltenango ⓘ
placeOfDeath Mexico City ⓘ
positionHeld President of Guatemala ⓘ
precededBy Juan José Arévalo ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Guatemala City ⓘ
spouse María Vilanova ⓘ
succeededBy Carlos Castillo Armas ⓘ
supportedBy Guatemalan left-wing parties ⓘ
wentIntoExile 1954 ⓘ

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Bitter Fruit → aboutPerson → Jacobo Árbenz ⓘ
subject linked to: book "Bitter Fruit"
1954 Guatemalan coup d’état → target → Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán ⓘ
linked to: Jacobo Árbenz
1954 Guatemalan coup d’état → keyFigure → Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán ⓘ
linked to: Jacobo Árbenz
Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala → subject → Jacobo Árbenz government ⓘ
linked to: Jacobo Árbenz
Jacobo Árbenz → fullName → Juan Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán ⓘ
linked to: Jacobo Árbenz
Jacobo Árbenz → familyName → Árbenz ⓘ
linked to: Jacobo Árbenz
Jacobo Árbenz → parent → Hans Jakob Árbenz ⓘ
linked to: Jacobo Árbenz
Operation PBSUCCESS → target → Jacobo Árbenz government ⓘ
linked to: Jacobo Árbenz
Operation PBSUCCESS → target → President Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán ⓘ
linked to: Jacobo Árbenz
Carlos Castillo Armas → opposed → Jacobo Árbenz ⓘ
Carlos Castillo Armas → replaced → Jacobo Árbenz ⓘ