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.
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.
Guatemala
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Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in northern Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to t
Jorge Ubico
…president of the Guatemalan Congress during the government of Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1898–1920). Jorge Ubico was privately tutored, and attended some of Guatemala's most prestigious schools, as well as receiving further education in the United States and Europe. By 1897 Ubico received his commission into the…
Maya city of Tikal
The Conquistador Pedro de Alvarado led the initial Spanish efforts to conquer Guatemala.
Guatemalan whites after the declaration of independence on 15 September 1821.
Proclamation Coin 1847 of the independent Republic of Guatemala