Carlos Castillo Armas

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Carlos Castillo Armas was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who became president after the U.S.-backed 1954 coup, leading a staunchly anti-communist regime.

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Carlos Castillo Armas canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of Guatemala ⓘ
head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
cameToPowerThrough U.S.-backed coup d’état ⓘ
causeOfDeath assassination ⓘ
conflict Guatemalan Civil–military tensions of the 1950s ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Guatemala ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ladino Guatemalan ⓘ
familyName Castillo Armas ⓘ
givenName Carlos ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOf Guatemala ⓘ
ideology anti-communism ⓘ
right-wing politics ⓘ
implementedPolicy ban on communist party in Guatemala ⓘ
reversal of agrarian reforms of Jacobo Árbenz ⓘ
suppression of leftist parties and organizations ⓘ
influencedBy U.S. Cold War foreign policy ⓘ
United Fruit Company interests ⓘ
mannerOfDeath homicide ⓘ
militaryRank colonel ⓘ
notableFor being installed after a U.S.-backed coup in 1954 ⓘ
leading a staunchly anti-communist regime in Guatemala ⓘ
notableWork leadership of the 1954 Guatemalan coup regime ⓘ
officeContested presidency of Guatemala ⓘ
opposed Jacobo Árbenz ⓘ
opposedIdeology communism ⓘ
participatedIn 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état ⓘ
placeOfDeath Guatemala City ⓘ
politicalAlignment anti-Soviet ⓘ
pro-United States ⓘ
positionHeld President of Guatemala ⓘ
head of the military junta of Guatemala ⓘ
regionGoverned Central America ⓘ
replaced Jacobo Árbenz ⓘ
residence Guatemala City ⓘ
restored power of conservative landowning elites in Guatemala ⓘ
restricted civil liberties of political opponents ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent overthrow of Jacobo Árbenz in 1954 ⓘ
supportedBy Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
targeted suspected communists in Guatemala ⓘ

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1954 Guatemalan coup d’état → keyFigure → Carlos Castillo Armas ⓘ
Jacobo Árbenz → succeededBy → Carlos Castillo Armas ⓘ
Jacobo Árbenz → opponent → Carlos Castillo Armas ⓘ
Operation PBSUCCESS → supportedActor → Carlos Castillo Armas ⓘ
Operation PBSUCCESS → installedLeader → Carlos Castillo Armas ⓘ