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What did the U.S. and its allies want during Operation PBSUCCESS? How did they try to meet their goals?

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What did the U.S. and its allies want during Operation PBSUCCESS? How did they try to meet their goals?

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After Guatemala revolted and established their new government, they started a land project in order to redistribute and reform their land. This redistribution started to affect profits of the United Fruit Company, which made US officials believe that Communism was present in Guatemala. The US wanted to overthrow the Guatemalan Government in order to prevent Communism from entering the Western Hemisphere, and to establish control over the country. They did this by leading a CIA Coup and electing Carlos Castillo through covert operations.

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This painting by Diego Rivera, “Gloriosa Victoria,” tells the story of the 1954 overthrow of the democratically-elected Jacobo Arbenz government. 

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What are some modern connections to or ramifications of Operation PBSUCCESS?

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What are some modern connections to or ramifications of Operation PBSUCCESS?

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PBSuccess was and is an example of the US overthrowing a Government to keep national interests; This wasn’t the only or last time the CIA/US Government overthrew a Government. In the early 1900’s, the US helped overthrow Panama and liberate it from Columbia in order to build the Panama Canal. During the same time period as PBSuccess, the US helped overthrow communist governments in Greece and Turkey. More recently, the US helped occupy Afghanistan until leaving last year. PBSuccess is a prime example of the US intervening with over Governments for personal gain.

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As a result of Operation PBSUCCESS, was communism contained or did it expand? 

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As a result of Operation PBSUCCESS, was communism contained or did it expand? 

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In theory, Communism was contained in Guatemala, since it was believed that the democratically elected president had socialist and communist beliefs. They also believed that the Soviet Union was going to take advantage of this and spread Communism further into the West. However, Guatemala wasn’t really an attempt to spread Communism, as the Soviet Union was barely attached to Guatemala at the time.

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 How did Operation PBSUCCESS impact Guatemala?

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 How did Operation PBSUCCESS impact Guatemala?

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Guatemala's government developed and led to a counterinsurgency campaign that left tens of thousands missing or maimed. Despite the violent and illegal manner by which Castillo’s government came to power, The USA recognized it and showered it with foreign aid. He returned more than 1.5 million acres to United Fruit and the country’s other big landowners. Guatemala’s experiment with democracy was over. For the next four decades, The people suffered from the worst government terror, without equal in the modern history of Latin America.

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What did the Soviet Union and its allies want during Operation PBSUCCESS? How did they try to meet their goals? 

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What did the Soviet Union and its allies want during Operation PBSUCCESS? How did they try to meet their goals? 

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While the US thought that Guatemala’s Government was an attempt by the USSR to spread communism to the West, The Soviet Union had little to no stakes in Guatemala.