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The Guatemalan Revolution began with a small group of army officers led by Francisco Javier Arana and Jacobo Árbenz launching a coup against dictator Jorge Ubico.
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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)
Francisco Javier Arana
Guatemalan military leader (1905–1949)
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Jacobo Árbenz
President of Guatemala from 1951 to 1954
Juan Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as the 25th president of Guatemala. He was Minister of National Defense from 1944 to 1950, before he became the second democratically elected President of Guatemala, from 1951 to 1954. He was a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Jorge Ubico
President of Guatemala from 1931 to 1944
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.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)