The C I a in Guatemala, 19 54, Set a Model for Covert Interventions All Over Latin America

Guatemala was the model for covert interventions all over latin america. C i a thought, we have this chiapo supersuccessful way to overthrow a government that we don't like. Let's do it to castro. They hired back some of the same mercenaries from guatemala to participate in the bay of pigs fiasco. What happened in cuba is that the cards didn't fall their way in quite the same fashion. But the idea was one and the same. The ramifications of that go everywhere.