US Coup in Guatemala
On June 27th, 1954, democratically-elected president of Guatemala, Jacobo Àrbenz, resigned following a US-backed coup. The coup ended Guatemala’s ‘Ten Years of Spring’ and reinstated a string of military dictators that were subservient to US capital. This is a quintessential example of how imperial powers shape the world system to maintain uneven accumulation. Imperial intervention of this kind continues today, as can be seen with Palestine, Iran, Venezuela, and China.
On June 27th, 1954, democratically-elected president of Guatemala, Jacobo Àrbenz, resigned following a US-backed coup. The coup ended Guatemala’s ‘Ten Years of Spring’ and reinstated a string of military dictators that were subservient to US capital. This is a quintessential example of how imperial powers shape the world system to maintain uneven accumulation. Imperial intervention of this kind continues today, as can be seen with Palestine, Iran, Venezuela, and China.