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The 16 pages that link to Guatemalan coup d'état, each with the reason it gives.

• Central Intelligence AgencyBroader topic: It became a prominent example of CIA covert action changing a foreign government.

• United Fruit CompanyBroader topic: United Fruit’s opposition to land reform became part of the political context for the coup.

• Guatemalan Civil WarRelated: The coup reversed reforms and deepened political polarization before the war.

• Che GuevaraRelated: Guevara witnessed the coup in Guatemala, reinforcing his view that reform faced armed opposition.

• Guatemalan genocideRelated: The coup reversed reform and contributed to the political polarization preceding civil war.

• Cold War in Latin AmericaBroader topic: It became an early example of U.S. intervention against a reformist government labeled communist.

• Guatemalan RevolutionCompared with: The coup reversed the elected government’s reforms and ended the revolutionary decade.

• Jacobo ÁrbenzBroader topic: The coup is the immediate consequence that ended his rule.

• Allen DullesBroader topic: Dulles oversaw the CIA campaign that helped remove Árbenz and install a military government.

• Guatemalan ArmyRelated: The coup restored military influence and helped set conditions for decades of conflict.

• Carlos Castillo ArmasBroader topic: This is the specific seizure of power that brought Castillo Armas to the presidency.

• Juan José ArévaloRelated: The coup ended the revolutionary period that had begun during Arévalo’s presidency.

• History of GuatemalaBroader topic: The coup reversed land reform and helped intensify the country’s political polarization.

• Álvaro ArzúRelated: It preceded the political conflict Arzú inherited by more than four decades.

• Carlos Manuel Arana OsorioRelated: The coup strengthened the army and anticommunist political order in which Arana later rose.

• Francisco Javier AranaRelated: The coup followed the factional struggles that Arana’s death had helped expose.