Jacobo Árbenz

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Jacobo Árbenz was a Guatemalan military officer and progressive president (1951–1954) whose agrarian reforms and overthrow in a CIA-backed coup made him a central figure in Cold War-era Latin American politics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of Guatemala
human
military officer
politician
causeOfDeath heart attack
citizenship Guatemala
conflict Guatemalan Civil War
surface form: Guatemalan Revolution
countryOfBirth Guatemala
countryOfDeath Mexico
dateOfBirth 1913-09-14
dateOfDeath 1971-01-27
education Escuela Politécnica (Guatemalan military academy)
ethnicOrigin Swiss descent (paternal)
exiledIn Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Mexico
Switzerland
Uruguay
familyName Jacobo Árbenz self-linksurface differs
surface form: Árbenz
fullName Jacobo Árbenz self-linksurface differs
surface form: Juan Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán
givenName Juan Jacobo
historicalPeriod Cold War
ideology left-wing nationalism
progressivism
implementedPolicy agrarian reform in Guatemala
influenced Latin American leftist movements
militaryRank colonel
nationality Guatemalan
notableFor agrarian reform in Guatemala
being overthrown in a CIA-backed coup
notableWork Decree 900 agrarian reform
numberOfChildren 3
occupation politician
soldier
officeEnd 1954-06-27
officeStart 1951-03-15
opponent Carlos Castillo Armas
Central Intelligence Agency
United Fruit Company
overthrownIn 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état
parent Jacobo Árbenz self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hans Jakob Árbenz

Octavia Guzmán
placeOfBirth Quetzaltenango
placeOfDeath Mexico City
positionHeld President of Guatemala
precededBy Juan José Arévalo
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Guatemala City
spouse María Vilanova
succeededBy Carlos Castillo Armas
supportedBy Guatemalan left-wing parties
wentIntoExile 1954

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book "Bitter Fruit" aboutPerson Jacobo Árbenz
subject surface form: Bitter Fruit
1954 Guatemalan coup d’état target Jacobo Árbenz
this entity surface form: Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán
1954 Guatemalan coup d’état keyFigure Jacobo Árbenz
this entity surface form: Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán
Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala subject Jacobo Árbenz
this entity surface form: Jacobo Árbenz government
Jacobo Árbenz fullName Jacobo Árbenz self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Juan Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán
Jacobo Árbenz familyName Jacobo Árbenz self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Árbenz
Jacobo Árbenz parent Jacobo Árbenz self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hans Jakob Árbenz