Word: arevalo
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When, two days later, Guatemala's Dr. Ismael Gonzalez Arevalo asked the Assembly to rise for a moment of tribute to the soldiers who had died in the U.N. cause in Korea, all delegates stood up except the Russians, their satellites and the Yugoslavs...
Best guess was that Patterson had trod on the pink toes of President Juan Jose Arévalo's "Spiritual Socialist" government by harping too strongly on the influence of Communists in Guatemala. No responsible observer has claimed that Arevalo's government is run from Moscow. But some open Communist sympathizers (the party itself is legally banned) have risen to key positions in the labor movement, and have taken advantage of government support to badger U.S. companies...
Last month Arevalo apparently decided that he had had enough of Patterson's direct talk. At about the same time that he asked for the ambassador's recall, he posted extra guards at the residency and let word get about 'that it was to protect Patterson against a threat to his life. A few days after that, the ambassador departed...
...during the negotiations, 1,500 government reinforcements arrived from outside the city. Arevalo got his nerve back, withdrew his terms, reopened the battle. Government forces burst into Fort Guardia de Honor that night to find that 400 of its 600 defenders had made for the hills. Colonel Barrios had sought asylum in the Salvadorean embassy. The toll of the fighting was estimated at 200 killed, 500 wounded...
...Next day Arevalo boasted, "Democracy has triumphed," then took some undemocratic measures. All newspapers and radio stations were closed; opposition leaders were thrown in jail. The army launched a purge of pro-Arana officers...