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A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year Guatemalan Revolution.
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Juan Federico Ponce Vaides
President of Guatemala from July 1944 until his popular overthrow in October 1944
Juan Federico Ponce Vaides was the acting President of Guatemala from 4 July 1944 to 20 October 1944. He was overthrown by a popular uprising on 20 October 1944 that began the Guatemalan Revolution.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Guatemalan Revolution
Popular Political Revolution in Guatemala
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, highlighting the peak years of representative democracy in Guatemala from 1944…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)