Bananen-Krieg
By (author): "Stephen C. Schlesinger, Stephen Kinzer"
Publish Date:
1982
ISBN3858690791
ISBN139783858690791
AsinBananen-Krieg
Original titleBitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala
BITTER FRUIT is about the means & methods the USA, thru the CIA & its ambassador, used to overthrow Guatemala's democratically elected government in '54. Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz was leading an administration working to enact land reform. It was hoped that these efforts, among others, would stem the tide of poverty in a country still bound to a labor system that forced poor people to work a certain number of days on large farms or face prison time. Shaking off the vestiges of a dictatorship that was defeated by popular elections in the '40s, Guatemala sought such reforms to enfranchise more citizens.
