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...Washington couldn't resume aid to Gunmetal because of the prevailing climate of repression: Congress, already divided over arms sales to El Salvador, would undoubtedly have balked at sending guns to Garcia. And State Department envoys were having no success in convincing the general to moderate his policies. Guevara, minister of defense under Garcia, seemed no more likely to cooperate...
...doubt the Administration's claims of innocence Last January, reports appeared in The New York Times, based on accounts by anonymous U.S. army officers, that preparations were underway to topple Garcia. At the same time, the publisher of the Guatemalan newspaper La Nacion--who also happened to be Guevara's campaign manager--charged that a coup would take place after the elections. He added that a "foreign power" would direct the operation. The journalist, whose story was given little attention, was assassinated a few days later...
...APPEARS LIKELY then, that a coup was planned well in advance of the March elections and the United States at least knew of its existence. Just after the election. Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig. Jr. was asked by the press for his reaction to the choice of Guevara Said Haig. "It is certainly somewhat urgent that we take care of this problem and we are taking care...
...days before the coup and in the midst of violent street demonstrations against Garcia and Guevara, a series of meetings between the U.S. ambassador and political parties unhappy with the outcome of the election took place. Also present more representatives of the Committee on Agriculture, Commerce, Industry and Finance (CACIF), the most powerful business organization in Central America that largely controls the Central American Common Market. The ambassador made clear Washington's unease with Guevara and the election procedures and said the Administration would rather count on a friendly government that benefited from a medium of legitimacy...
Last March, Guatemala held elections that were widely believed to be fraudulent, Gen. Anibal Guevara, Minister of Defense under Lucas Garcia, was chosen to lead the country. Rios Montt's coup a week later prevented Guevara from assuming power this summer...