June 27, 1954
After democratic reforms began to hurt the profits of United Fruit Company, CIA director Allen Dulles succeeds in having the democratically elected government of Guatemala overthrown during Operation PB Success, a coup d'etat approved by President Eisenhower. This blatant interference against international law installed the military dictato…
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