The United States overthrew the Guatemalan government in 1954, employing for the first time operatives of the CIA, because

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The United States overthrew the Guatemalan government in 1954 because the government of Jacobo Arbenz threatened to seize large agricultural estates owned by the United Fruit Company, which had close ties to the U.S. government. The CIA's operation to overthrow Arbenz was named Operation PBSUCCESS.

The United States Overthrew the Guatemalan Government in 1954, Employing