1954 Guatemalan coup d’état
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The 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état was a CIA-orchestrated overthrow of President Jacobo Árbenz that marked a pivotal Cold War intervention in Latin America and ushered in decades of political instability and repression in Guatemala.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état canonical | 3 |
| 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état | 1 |
| Guatemalan coup d'état of 1954 | 1 |
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1282189 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état Context triple: [Allen Dulles, notableEvent, 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état]
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A.
1979 Salvadoran coup d'état
The 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état was a military-led overthrow of President Carlos Humberto Romero that installed a reformist junta and set the stage for the outbreak of the Salvadoran Civil War.
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B.
1973 Chilean coup d'état
The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a military overthrow of President Salvador Allende that marked the violent end of Chile's democracy and the beginning of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
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C.
Batista dictatorship
The Batista dictatorship was the authoritarian regime led by Fulgencio Batista in Cuba during the 1950s, marked by political repression, corruption, and growing opposition that culminated in the Cuban Revolution.
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D.
Nicaraguan Revolution
The Nicaraguan Revolution was a late-20th-century uprising led primarily by the Sandinista National Liberation Front that overthrew the Somoza dictatorship and reshaped Nicaragua’s political and social landscape.
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E.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed 1961 CIA-backed attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro’s government in Cuba.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état Target entity description: The 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état was a CIA-orchestrated overthrow of President Jacobo Árbenz that marked a pivotal Cold War intervention in Latin America and ushered in decades of political instability and repression in Guatemala.
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A.
1979 Salvadoran coup d'état
The 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état was a military-led overthrow of President Carlos Humberto Romero that installed a reformist junta and set the stage for the outbreak of the Salvadoran Civil War.
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B.
1973 Chilean coup d'état
The 1973 Chilean coup d'état was a military overthrow of President Salvador Allende that marked the violent end of Chile's democracy and the beginning of General Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.
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C.
Batista dictatorship
The Batista dictatorship was the authoritarian regime led by Fulgencio Batista in Cuba during the 1950s, marked by political repression, corruption, and growing opposition that culminated in the Cuban Revolution.
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D.
Nicaraguan Revolution
The Nicaraguan Revolution was a late-20th-century uprising led primarily by the Sandinista National Liberation Front that overthrew the Somoza dictatorship and reshaped Nicaragua’s political and social landscape.
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E.
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed 1961 CIA-backed attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro’s government in Cuba.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War event
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United States foreign intervention ⓘ coup d’état ⓘ |
| codename | Operation PBSUCCESS ⓘ |
| conflict | Cold War ⓘ |
| country | Guatemala ⓘ |
| describedAs | pivotal Cold War intervention in Latin America ⓘ |
| effectOnCountry |
entrenchment of military and oligarchic power in Guatemala
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long-term human rights abuses in Guatemala ⓘ |
| effectOnRegion | precedent for U.S.-backed coups in Latin America ⓘ |
| endDate | 1954-06-27 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Guatemalan Civil War
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military rule in Guatemala ⓘ |
| justification |
anti-communism
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containment of perceived Soviet influence ⓘ |
| keyFigure |
Allen Dulles
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Carlos Castillo Armas ⓘ Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ Jacobo Árbenz ⓘ
surface form:
Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán
John Foster Dulles ⓘ |
| location | Guatemala City ⓘ |
| method |
covert paramilitary operations
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diplomatic pressure ⓘ economic pressure ⓘ propaganda radio broadcasts ⓘ psychological warfare ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
leftist and reformist groups in Guatemala
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supporters of Jacobo Árbenz ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Central Intelligence Agency
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United States government ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cold War proxy conflicts
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surface form:
Cold War in Latin America
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| perpetrator |
Guatemalan Armed Forces
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surface form:
CIA-backed Guatemalan military officers
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| precededBy |
Guatemalan Civil War
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surface form:
Guatemalan Revolution
agrarian reform under Decree 900 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
U.S. anti-communist foreign policy in the 1950s
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United Fruit Company land expropriation dispute ⓘ |
| result |
beginning of decades of political instability in Guatemala
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escalation of state repression in Guatemala ⓘ installation of a military government in Guatemala ⓘ overthrow of President Jacobo Árbenz ⓘ reversal of agrarian reform policies ⓘ strengthening of Guatemalan military power ⓘ |
| startDate | 1954-06-18 ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Guatemalan conservative elites
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United Fruit Company ⓘ |
| target |
Jacobo Árbenz
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surface form:
Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán
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| year | 1954 ⓘ |
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Subject: 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état Description of subject: The 1954 Guatemalan coup d’état was a CIA-orchestrated overthrow of President Jacobo Árbenz that marked a pivotal Cold War intervention in Latin America and ushered in decades of political instability and repression in Guatemala.
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1954 Guatemalan coup d'état
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subject surface form:
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this entity surface form:
Guatemalan coup d'état of 1954