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- Birth nameJacobo Arbenz Guzmán
- Jacobo Árbenz was born on September 14, 1913 in Quezaltenango, Guatemala. He died on January 27, 1971 in Mexico City, Mexico.
- President of Guatemala (1951-1954).
- Declassified CIA documents reveal that the U.S. supported his overthrow after he tried to redistribute lands owned by the United Fruit Company. The U.S. backed an "insurgency" by Guatemalan army vet Col. Castillo Armas, who siezed power in 1954 as Arbenz fled to Mexico. Armas would be assassinated in 1957.
- Father of Arabella Arbenz.
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