Word: guatemala
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas, the deadpan little insurgent who overthrew the pro-Communist government of Guatemala, came back in triumph last week to his country's capital. Guatemalans greeted him with firecrackers, kisses and backslapping embraces. At the bunting-draped central plaza, where 20,000 people yelled themselves hoarse, a huge picture of the rebel leader hung from the palace and cathedral bells pealed joyously. Later, as he had said he would, Castillo Armas dined in the palace...
...butchery in his last days in office (see below), had stepped down in favor of Colonel Carlos Enrique Diaz, chief of the armed forces. But Castillo Armas, convinced that Diaz was just a front for Arbenz, had said as much by going on with his war, notably by bombing Guatemala City's Matamoros Fort. Peurifoy agreed heartily with Castillo Armas' action. The ambassador had learned that under a cover of vocal antiCommunism, the doublecrossing Diaz was letting Arbenz' Red advisers run to safety. Diaz was clearly no change. Peurifoy got in touch with Monzón, known...
Strategic Aim. The rebel leader at first seemed cold and reserved, but he warmed up in a hurry when asked about his objectives. "Primarily," he answered, "to throw Communism out of Guatemala . . . All the Guatemalan people are anxious for our arrival. But we must be prepared for every action of the enemy...
...weekend mood at rebel headquarters was dedication, the mood in Guatemala City was depression. Food supplies were running short and prices were rising. Police were everywhere. Fear and distrust were in the air. Even high-ranking officers carried submachine guns in their own offices...
...regime obviously knew as little of Marx as they did of Hart & Schaffner, but many of them had got land under the agrarian program, and they could be counted on to defend it ferociously. Men like that who get weapons in their hands do not turn them back meekly; Guatemala would probably hear of them again...