*80 YEARS AGO,* on July 1, 1944, Jorge Ubico, who had been dictator of Guatemala since 1931, who admired Hitler and who was hated by the vast majority of Guatemala’s population, was forced to resign his office by a anti-fascist military junta. The generals who forced Ubico out of office then made it possible for Guatemala to hold the first truly free presidential election in its history. The election brought a social-democratic government to power – at the time the most progressive government in the western hemisphere – which remained in power for 10 years during which the standard of living of Guatemalans improved enormously, free education was made available for the first time, and the large indigenous population was treated with respect. Thanks to the junta that overthrew Ubico in 1944, Guatemala enjoyed a decade of peace, prosperity and democracy. Then, in June 1954, the CIA overthrew Guatemala’s elected government and replaced it with a dictatorial regime that returned the country to the conditions it had suffered under when Ubico was in power.
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