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'''Guatemala''' is a [[nation state]] in [[Central America]].
 
==History==
 
==History==
A [[CIA]]-backed coup in 1953 in order to protect the profits of United Fruit.
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From 1946-1953 the [[U.S. Public Health Service]] and the [[U.S. National Institutes of Health]] organised the [[Guatemala syphilis experiment]], which exposed around 1,500 Guatemalans to [[syphilis]] and other STDs without consent. Less than half were ever given any form of treatment.<ref>https://therooster.com/blog/that-time-the-us-public-health-service-gave-syphilis-to-over-1000-guatemalans-and-told-them-all-to-have-sex-%E2%80%9Cfor-science%E2%80%9D</ref>
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===1954 Coup d'etat===
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[[United Fruit]] organised [[1954 Guatemalan coup d'état| a coup in 1954]], carried out by the [[CIA]], which deposed [[Jacobo Arbenz]] in order to protect its profits and prevent land redistribution.
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==Rios Montt==
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On 10 May 2013, Guatemalan General [[Rios Montt]] (friend of [[Ronald Reagan]]) became the only former head of state ever to have been convicted in his own country for [[genocide]]. On 8 July 2015 a Guatemalan court stated that the trial must be abandoned, as Montt was "mentally incompetent to stand trial". A retrial of his case had been promised, but [[Eric Zuesse]] opines that this "seems unlikely".<ref>http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/07/28/how-aristocrats-have-gotten-away-with-even-mass-murder.html</ref>
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==Drug Trade==
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[[Live Leak]] reports on an abandoned plane that was found in Guatemala with 728 kilos of [[cocaine]].<ref>https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ea7_1250103221</ref>
 
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Group.png Guatemala   SourcewatchRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
Guatemala (orthographic projection).svg
Flag of Guatemala.svg
LocationCentral America
LeaderPresident of Guatemala
Typenation state
Interest ofNathaniel Davis
Member ofInternational Criminal Court, Organisation of American States, UN
SubpageGuatemala/1954 coup d'état

Guatemala is a nation state in Central America.

History

From 1946-1953 the U.S. Public Health Service and the U.S. National Institutes of Health organised the Guatemala syphilis experiment, which exposed around 1,500 Guatemalans to syphilis and other STDs without consent. Less than half were ever given any form of treatment.[1]

1954 Coup d'etat

Full article: 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état

United Fruit organised a coup in 1954, carried out by the CIA, which deposed Jacobo Arbenz in order to protect its profits and prevent land redistribution.

Rios Montt

On 10 May 2013, Guatemalan General Rios Montt (friend of Ronald Reagan) became the only former head of state ever to have been convicted in his own country for genocide. On 8 July 2015 a Guatemalan court stated that the trial must be abandoned, as Montt was "mentally incompetent to stand trial". A retrial of his case had been promised, but Eric Zuesse opines that this "seems unlikely".[2]

Drug Trade

Live Leak reports on an abandoned plane that was found in Guatemala with 728 kilos of cocaine.[3]

 

Event

EventDescription
Guatemala/1954 coup d'étatA coup organised by the CIA to protect the profit of United Fruit.

 

A citizen of Guatemala on Wikispooks

TitleBornDiedDescription
Jacobo Árbenz14 September 191327 January 1971A democratically elected President of Guatemala whom the CIA liquidated due to his land redistribution policy

 

Related Document

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Guatemala 1962 to 1980'sbook extract2003William Blum
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