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Events relating to guatemala
Guatemala declares independence following the example of neighbouring Mexico
The Central American Federation splits into Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica
An uprising in Guatemala brings in a revolutionary junta and a left-wing programme of reform
Jacopo Arbenz, newly elected president of Guatemala, enrages the USA by expropriating the land of the United Fruit Company
An invasion of Guatemala from Honduras, with CIA support, brings to power a right-wing military junta
Guatemala is terrorized by government-linked death squads and emergent guerrilla groups
The guerrilla groups in Guatemala sign a treaty which provides for them to become a recognized political party
At least 109 people are killed and hundreds wounded by the eruption of Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala's deadliest volcanic eruption in over a century