the cia in guatemala

), the vast majority of the populace resides in the southern half of the country, particularly in the mountainous regions; more than half of the population lives in rural areas, numerous volcanoes in mountains, with occasional violent earthquakes; Caribbean coast extremely susceptible to hurricanes and other tropical storms, volcanism: significant volcanic activity in the Sierra Madre range; Santa Maria (3,772 m) has been deemed a Decade Volcano by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; Pacaya (2,552 m), which erupted in May 2010 causing an ashfall on Guatemala City and prompting evacuations, is one of the country's most active volcanoes with frequent eruptions since 1965; other historically active volcanoes include Acatenango, Almolonga, Atitlan, Fuego, and Tacana; see note 2 under "Geography - note", note 1: despite having both eastern and western coastlines (Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean respectively), there are no natural harbors on the west coast, note 2: Guatemala is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean; up to 90% of the world's earthquakes and some 75% of the world's volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire, Mestizo (mixed Amerindian-Spanish - in local Spanish called Ladino) 56%, Maya 41.7%, Xinca (Indigenous, non-Maya) 1.8%, African descent .2%, Garifuna (mixed West and Central African, Island Carib, and Arawak) .1%, foreign .2% (2018 est. US intelligence reports were very candid about the dangers posed by capitalist democracy in Guatemala. Poverty among indigenous groups, which make up more than 40% of the population, averages 79%, with 40% of the indigenous population living in extreme poverty. )3.1% (2016 est. Visit the Definitions and Notes page to view a description of each topic. )7.6548 (2014 est. )$138.106 billion (2018 est. Reagan finally persuaded Congress to restore military aid in 1985, even though repression remained severe. How The CIA Overthrew Guatemala’s Democracy; 5 Clever Reasons to Plant a Tree on Your Property; Voting begins in 475 Assembly constituencies in four states, one UT; Coronavirus cases: Delhi government increases number of beds reserved for COVID-19 patients; Indian tech services revenues to hit $300-350 bn by 2025: Nasscom If you do not want to accept all cookies or would like to learn more about how we use cookies, click "Customise cookies". )$10.58 billion (2016 est. ), 21.2 years (2014/15 est. ), total: 506,000subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est. However, the birth rate is still more close to three children per woman and is markedly higher among its rural and indigenous populations. Almost half of Guatemala's population is under age 19, making it the youngest population in Latin America. ), total subscriptions: 20,026,347subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 118.73 (2019 est. Instead, he watched as the CIA dismantled Guatemala’s social progress. ), lowest 10%: 1.6%highest 10%: 38.4% (2014), revenues: 8.164 billion (2017 est. An excellent read. The 1996 peace accords, which ended 36 years of civil war, removed a major obstacle to foreign investment, and Guatemala has since pursued important reforms and macroeconomic stabilization. )permanent crops: 8.8% (2018 est. A thoroughly researched and documented account of the 1954 overthrow of the Arbenz government, this book is a damning indictment of the US foreign policy during the Cold War in regards to its Latin American … It installed the military dictatorship of Carlos Castillo Armas, the first in a series of U.S.-backed authoritarian rulers in Guatemala. )7.5999 (2015 est. ), agriculture: 13.3% (2017 est. The CIA began by launching a propaganda campaign, warning the Guatemalan public and Arbenz that a major invasion was underway, setting up a clandestine radio station that jammed Guatemalan signals and flooded the airwaves with greatly exaggerated messages. Buy this product and stream 90 days of Amazon Music Unlimited for free. Juan Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán (Spanish pronunciation: [xuan xaˈkoβo ˈaɾβenz ɣuzˈman]; September 14, 1913 – January 27, 1971) was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as the 25th President of Guatemala.He was Minister of National Defense from 1944 to 1951, and the second democratically elected President of Guatemala, from 1951 to 1954. )note: data are in 2017 dollars, 16.9% of GDP (2019 est. The CIA in Guatemala offers the reader a compeling and shocking truth regarding the involevement of the American government in third-world country. The Central Intelligence Agency launched a covert operation on June 18, 1954 to overthrow the left-leaning government in Guatemala. Guatemala This collection -- 5,120 documents (over 14,000 pages) -- chronicles CIA involvement in the 1954 coup in Guatemala. E-mail after purchase. Nearly one-half of Guatemala's children under age five are chronically malnourished, one of the highest malnutrition rates in the world. Unlike the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is a domestic security service, the CIA has no law enforcement function and is officially mainly focused on overseas intelligence gathering, with only limited domestic intelligence collection. ), $22.92 billion (31 December 2017 est. Thousands of Guatemalans who fled to Mexico returned after the war, but labor migration to southern Mexico continues. Sorry, there was a problem saving your cookie preferences. ), electrification - total population: 92% (2019)electrification - urban areas: 99% (2019)electrification - rural areas: 85% (2019), 41% of total installed capacity (2016 est. Sixty years ago, in June 1954, a CIA-orchestrated coup ousted the reformist Guatemalan government of Jacobo Arbenz Guzman. ), Fitch rating: BB- (2020)Moody's rating: Ba1 (2010)Standard & Poors rating: BB- (2017), $143.416 billion (2019 est. These inflows are a primary source of foreign income, equivalent to two-thirds of the country's exports and about a tenth of its GDP. Constitutional Court or Corte de Constitucionalidad is Guatemala's highest court (five judges are elected for concurrent five-year terms); Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (13 members serve concurrent five-year terms and elect a president of the Court each year from among their number; the president of the Supreme Court of Justice also supervises trial judges around … )investment in inventories: -0.2% (2017 est. Guatemala is the most populous country in Central America and has the highest fertility rate in Latin America. ), conventional long form: Republic of Guatemalaconventional short form: Guatemalalocal long form: Republica de Guatemalalocal short form: Guatemalaetymology: the Spanish conquistadors used many native Americans as allies in their conquest of Guatemala; the site of their first capital (established in 1524), a former Maya settlement, was called "Quauhtemallan" by their Nahuatl-speaking Mexican allies, a name that means "land of trees" or "forested land", but which the Spanish pronounced "Guatemala"; the Spanish applied that name to a re founded capital city three years later and eventually it became the name of the country, name: Guatemala Citygeographic coordinates: 14 37 N, 90 31 Wtime difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time)etymology: the Spanish conquistadors used many native Americans as allies in their conquest of Guatemala; the site of their first capital (established in 1524), a former Maya settlement, was called "Quauhtemallan" by their Nahuatl-speaking Mexican allies, a name that means "land of trees" or "forested land", but which the Spanish pronounced "Guatemala"; the Spanish applied that name to a re founded capital city three years later and eventually it became the name of the country, 22 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Escuintla, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Peten, Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Retalhuleu, Sacatepequez, San Marcos, Santa Rosa, Solola, Suchitepequez, Totonicapan, Zacapa, history: several previous; latest adopted 31 May 1985, effective 14 January 1986; suspended and reinstated in 1994amendments: proposed by the president of the republic, by agreement of 10 or more deputies of Congress, by the Constitutional Court, or by public petition of at least 5,000 citizens; passage requires at least two-thirds majority vote by the Congress membership and approval by public referendum, referred to as "popular consultation"; constitutional articles such as national sovereignty, the republican form of government, limitations on those seeking the presidency, or presidential tenure cannot be amended; amended 1993, civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts, has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction, citizenship by birth: yescitizenship by descent only: yesdual citizenship recognized: yesresidency requirement for naturalization: 5 years with no absences of six consecutive months or longer or absences totaling more than a year, 18 years of age; universal; note - active duty members of the armed forces and police by law cannot vote and are restricted to their barracks on election day, chief of state: President Alejandro GIAMMATTEI (since 14 January 2020); Vice President Cesar Guillermo CASTILLO Reyes (since 14 January 2020); note - the president is both chief of state and head of governmenthead of government: President Alejandro GIAMMATTEI (since 14 January 2020); Vice President Cesar Guillermo CASTILLO Reyes (since 14 January 2020)cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the presidentelections/appointments: president and vice president directly elected on the same ballot by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 4-year term (not eligible for consecutive terms); election last held on 16 June 2019 with a runoff on 11 August 2019 (next to be held in June 2023)election results: Alejandro GIAMMATTEI elected president; percent of vote in first round - Sandra TORRES (UNE) 25.54%, Alejandro GIAMMATTEI (VAMOS) 13.95%, Edmond MULET (PHG) 11.21%, Thelma CABRERA (MLP) 10.37%, Roberto ARZU (PAN-PODEMOS) 6.08%; percent of vote in second round - Alejandro GIAMMATTEI (VAMOS) 58%, Sandra TORRES (UNE) 42%, description: unicameral Congress of the Republic or Congreso de la Republica (158 seats; 127 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies in the country's 22 departments by simple majority vote and 31 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed-list, proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms); note - two additional seats will be added to the new congress when it is seated in January 2020elections: last held on 16 June 2019 (next to be held on June 2023)election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - UNE 53, VAMOS 16, UCN 12, VALOR 9, BIEN 8, FCN-NACION 8, SEMILLA 7, TODOS 7, VIVA 7, CREO 6, PHG 6, VICTORIA 4, Winaq 4, PC 3, PU 3, URNG 3, PAN 2, MLP 1, PODEMOS 1note: current seats by party as of 1 June 2019 - FCN 37, UNE 32, MR 20, TODOS 17, AC 12, EG 7, UCN 6, CREO 5, LIDER 5, VIVA 4, Convergence 3, PAN 3, PP 2, FUERZA 1, PU 1, URNG 1, Winaq 1, independent 1; composition - men 136, women 22, percent of women 13.9%, highest courts: Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (consists of 13 magistrates, including the court president and organized into 3 chambers); note - the court president also supervises trial judges countrywide; Constitutional Court or Corte de Constitucionalidad (consists of 5 titular magistrates and 5 substitute magistrates)judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court magistrates elected by the Congress of the Republic from candidates proposed by the Postulation Committee, an independent body of deans of the country's university law schools, representatives of the country's law associations, and representatives of the Courts of Appeal; magistrates elected for concurrent, renewable 5-year terms; Constitutional Court judges - 1 elected by the Congress of the Republic, 1 by the Supreme Court, 1 by the president of the republic, 1 by the (public) University of San Carlos, and 1 by the Assembly of the College of Attorneys and Notaries; judges elected for renewable, consecutive 5-year terms; the presidency of the court rotates among the magistrates for a single 1-year termsubordinate courts: numerous first instance and appellate courts, Bienestar Nacional or BIEN [Alfonso PORTILLO and Evelyn MORATAYA]Citizen Alliance or ACCitizen Prosperity or PC [Dami Anita Elizabeth KRISTENSON Sales]Commitment, Renewal, and Order or CREO [Roberto GONZALEZ Diaz-Duran]Convergence [Sandra MORAN]Encounter for Guatemala or EG [Nineth MONTENEGRO Cottom]Everyone Together for Guatemala or TODOS [Felipe ALEJOS]Force or FUERZA [Mauricio RADFORD]Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity or URNG-MAIZ or URNG [Gregorio CHAY Laynez]Humanist Party of Guatemala or PHG [Edmond MULET]Movement for the Liberation of Peoples or MLP [Thelma CABRERA]Movimiento Semilla or SEMILLA [Thelma ALDANA]National Advancement Party or PAN [Harald JOHANNESSEN]National Convergence Front or FCN-NACION or FCN [Jimmy MORALES]National Unity for Hope or UNE [Sandra TORRES]Nationalist Change Union or UCN [Mario ESTRADA]Patriotic Party or PPPODEMOS [Jose Raul VIRGIL Arias]Political Movement Winaq or Winaq [Sonia GUTIERREZ Raguay]Reform Movement or MRRenewed Democratic Liberty or LIDER (dissolved mid-February 2016)TODOS [Felipe ALEJOS]Unionista Party or PU [Alvaro ARZU Escobar]Value or VALOR [Zury RIOS]Vamos por una Guatemala Diferente or VAMOS [Alejandro GIAMMATTEI]Victory or VICTORIA [Amilcar RIVERA]Vision with Values or VIVA [Armando Damian CASTILLO Alvarado]note: parties represented in the last election, but have since dissolved - FCN (2017), LIDER (2016), and PP (2017), BCIE, CACM, CD, CELAC, EITI (compliant country), FAO, G-24, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAES, LAIA (observer), MIGA, MINUSTAH, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, Petrocaribe, SICA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIFIL, Union Latina, UNISFA, UNITAR, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, chief of mission: Ambassador Alfonso Jose QUINONEZ LEMUS (since 17 July 2020)chancery: 2220 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 745-4952FAX: [1] (202) 745-1908consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Chicago, Del Rio (TX), Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, McAllen (TX), Miami, New York, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Providence (RI), Raleigh (NC), San Bernardino (CA), San Francisco, Seattleconsulate(s): Lake Worth (FL), Tucson (AZ), chief of mission: Ambassador Luis E. ARREAGA (since 4 October 2017)telephone: [502] 2326-4000embassy: 7-01 Avenida Reforma, Zone 10, Guatemala Citymailing address: DPO AA 34024FAX: [502] 2326-4654, three equal vertical bands of light blue (hoist side), white, and light blue, with the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms includes a green and red quetzal (the national bird) representing liberty and a scroll bearing the inscription LIBERTAD 15 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1821 (the original date of independence from Spain) all superimposed on a pair of crossed rifles signifying Guatemala's willingness to defend itself and a pair of crossed swords representing honor and framed by a laurel wreath symbolizing victory; the blue bands represent the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea; the white band denotes peace and puritynote: one of only two national flags featuring a firearm, the other is Mozambique, quetzal (bird); national colors: blue, white, name: "Himno Nacional de Guatemala" (National Anthem of Guatemala)lyrics/music: Jose Joaquin PALMA/Rafael Alvarez OVALLEnote: adopted 1897, modified lyrics adopted 1934; Cuban poet Jose Joaquin PALMA anonymously submitted lyrics to a public contest calling for a national anthem; his authorship was not discovered until 1911.

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