The First CIA Coup in Latin America

Witness History

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🗓️ 3 August 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In 1954 Guatemala's left-leaning President Jacobo Arbenz was ousted from power by army officers backed by the CIA. In 2016 Mike Lanchin spoke to his son, Juan Jacobo Arbenz, about the events of that time, and the effects on his family.

Photo: Jacobo Arbenz and his wife speaking with a group of French reporters in Paris in 1955. Credit: Getty Images

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0:21.0	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:24.9	searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds. Choosing what to
0:32.1	watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:36.5	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:41.5	telly we share what we've been watching.
0:43.7	Cladie Aide!
0:45.7	Loads of games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:48.2	Lovely.
0:49.0	Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:51.2	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:54.7	searching and a lot more watching listen on BBC sounds hello and thank you for
1:00.6	downloading witness with me Mike Lanchin.
1:03.0	Today we're going back to Guatemala in 1954
1:06.7	and the first military coup organized in Latin America
1:10.2	by the US Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA.
1:14.0	I've been speaking to the son of Jacobo Arbens,
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