Guatemala: Armas President After Ousting Reds

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keywords: cold war, guatemala, colonel carlos castillo armas, anti-communist rebellion, coup d'etat

Synopsis: Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas arrives in Guatemala City to assume the mantel of President of Guatemala after a successful coup d'etat supported by the US and his CIA-trained soldiers against an entrenched pro-Communist Government with a brief scene of a survivor of Red torture showing his scars and the torture room - massive crowds show their support for the pro-US regime change as President Armas stands with his new cabinet...(read more)

Date: 1954
Duration: 00:00:50
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: Guatemala

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Guatemala: Armas President After Ousting Reds

Pro-US Coup D'etat In Communist Guatemala!

Colonel Castillo Armas arrives back in Guatemala after ousting the Red regime in a 2-week revolt in which he was joined by a military junta. Elected President, he launches a purge of Communists who carried out a campaign of murder and torture that claimed the lives of hundreds. Anti-Communist survivors show the scars of brutal beatings that took place in the panic-filled last days of the Red regime.