The authorization launched a U.S.-backed campaign that culminated in Árbenz's ouster in June 1954 and had long-term consequences for Guatemala and U.S. Cold War policy in Latin America.
On March 18, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized a CIA plan—later known as Operation PBSUCCESS—to covertly undermine and overthrow Guatemalan president Jacobo Árbenz.
The authorization launched a U.S.-backed campaign that culminated in Árbenz's ouster in June 1954 and had long-term consequences for Guatemala and U.S. Cold War policy in Latin America.
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