Fernando Romeo Lucas García
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Fernando Romeo Lucas García was a military officer and politician who served as the 37th president of Guatemala from July 1, 1978, to March 23, 1982. He was elected as the nominee for the Institutiona
Official portrait, 1978
Finance Center in 2011. In 1981, a powerful bomb exploded in the basement of the building, leaving it without windows for several years. The owners -Industrial Bank- decided to keep it open to the public to defy the leftist guerrilla.
Guatemalan Civil War
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The Guatemalan Civil War was fought from 1960 to 1996 between the government of Guatemala and various leftist rebel groups. The Guatemalan government forces committed genocide against the Maya populat
Fernando Romeo Lucas García
…Franja Transversal del Norte Guatemalan Civil War Kjell Eugenio Laugerud Garcia…
President Manuel Estrada Cabrera's official portrait from his last presidential term; during his government, the American United Fruit Company became a major economic and political force in Guatemala
Entrance to the United Fruit Company headquarters. The multinational fruit company launched the coup over the distribution of vacant land.
John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State of the Eisenhower administration and board member of the United Fruit Company.
General Jorge Ubico Castañeda.