Guatemala 1954 coup d'état

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
revolutionary
gptkbp:cause Cold War anti-communism
United Fruit Company interests
gptkbp:conflict covert operation
regime change
gptkbp:consequence gptkb:Guatemalan_Civil_War
Human rights abuses
Repression of leftist movements
gptkbp:country gptkb:Guatemala
gptkbp:date 1954
gptkbp:endDate 27 June 1954
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Guatemalan_Civil_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Guatemala 1954 coup d'état
gptkbp:location gptkb:Guatemala_City
gptkbp:mediaCoverage international
gptkbp:method gptkb:propaganda
psychological warfare
paramilitary invasion
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Carlos_Castillo_Armas
gptkb:John_Foster_Dulles
gptkb:United_Fruit_Company
gptkb:Allen_Dulles
gptkb:Jacobo_Árbenz
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Operation_PBSUCCESS
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Guatemalan_government
gptkb:Guatemalan_Army_loyalists
gptkb:Jacobo_Árbenz
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Carlos_Castillo_Armas
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:CIA
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Guatemalan_Revolution
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Operation_PBHISTORY
anti-communism
Latin American history
US foreign interventions
gptkbp:result gptkb:Overthrow_of_Jacobo_Árbenz
Establishment of military junta
gptkbp:significance Example of US intervention in Latin America
Led to human rights abuses and civil war
Marked beginning of decades of instability in Guatemala
gptkbp:startDate 18 June 1954
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:El_Salvador
gptkb:Honduras
gptkb:Nicaragua
gptkb:United_States_Department_of_State
gptkb:United_States_Central_Intelligence_Agency
Guatemalan exiles
gptkbp:target gptkb:Jacobo_Árbenz
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_interventions_in_Latin_America
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6