From Tales of the American Empire: During World War II, American President Franklin Roosevelt promoted democracy in Latin America to ensure these nations remained allied with the United States. This allowed the people of Guatemala to improve their standard of living by slowly reforming their feudal plantation system established by Spanish colonizers and later exploited … Continue reading "The 1954 CIA Coup in Guatemala (video)"
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