The 1954 Guatemalan Coup Part 2 - Stuff You Missed in History Class

United Fruit Company was Guatemala’s largest employer and largest single landowner when the October Revolution took place. It also controlled the railroad, the port and the utilities. And it feared that the new government threatened its business interests.

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