Carlos Castillo Armas, Authoritarian ruler of Guatemala (1954-1957)

Carlos Castillo Armas

President of Guatemala from 1954 to 1957

Carlos Castillo Armas was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who was the 28th president of Guatemala, serving from 1954 to 1957 after taking power in a coup d'état. A member of the far-right National Liberation Movement (MLN) party, his authoritarian government was…