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...born-again general steals a junior officers' revolt in Guatemala...
...done quickly, quietly and with stunning precision. At 8 a.m. last Tuesday 20 junior officers stalked into a barracks at the Mariscal Zavala Brigade's headquarters on the outskirts of Guatemala City. Heavily armed and dressed in camouflage battle fatigues, they announced to their comrades: "The coup is on. Are you with us or against...
Even as the Salvadorans prepared to vote in the middle of a civil war, political unrest continued to rumble elsewhere in the region. In Guatemala, where a guerrilla insurgency has escalated in the past year, General Angel Anibal Guevara Rodríguez was officially confirmed as the country's next President, continuing the rule by right-wingers and the military. But Guevara's election was marred by widespread charges of fraud. Warned one Guatemalan opposition leader: "Something is going to happen here. I can feel it. The will of the people has been mocked one time too many...
...There is some hope in that Rios Monnt was endorsed in 1974 by the social democrats. Still, middle of the road figures tend to become conservative in Guatemala and I am extremely special that this represents a change for the better." Shelton added...
Under President Carter, the United States halted military and to Guatemala citing alleged human rights violations. The Reagan Administration, the experts agreed, wanted to reverse that ban but had been unable to do so because of the reported excesses of Lucas Garcia's government...