Guatemalan Revolution
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The period in the history of Guatemala between the coups against Jorge Ubico in 1944 and Jacobo Árbenz in 1954 is known locally as the Revolution. It has also been called the Ten Years of Spring, high
Jacobo Árbenz, Jorge Toriello, and Francisco Arana, members of the military junta.
Manuel Estrada Cabrera, President of Guatemala from 1898 to 1920. Cabrera granted large concessions to the American United Fruit Company
Jorge Ubico, the dictator of Guatemala from 1931 to 1944. He passed laws allowing landowners to use lethal force to defend their property
Jorge Ubico
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Jorge Ubico Castañeda, nicknamed Number Five or also Central America's Napoleon, was a Guatemalan military officer, politician, and dictator who served as the president of Guatemala from 1931 to 1944.
Guatemalan Revolution
…The period in the history of Guatemala between the coups against Jorge Ubico in 1944 and Jacobo Árbenz in 1954 is known locally as the Revolution (Spanish: La Revolución). It has also been called the Ten Years of Spring…
Arturo Ubico Urruela, father of General Ubico.
National Police Headquarters during Ubico's regime.
Eleanor Roosevelt and Jorge Ubico
General Ubico with several of his collaborators.