Guatemala - The Revolution of 19 Forty Four

Under arevolo, the ladino european descended guatemalins who lived in the country's urban corps had gained substantial political freedoms. But without land reform, the mostly indigenous rural peasantry who work on those fincas still lived in brutal squalor. By the summer of 19 forty nine, with less than two years left on the clock before arana was to take over, the pressure was getting to president darevolo. Arbens didn't likely have a hand in arana's death, but arevolo surely knew what was coming. The 19 50 election is basically arbens to win. In an unusually candid arevelo speech found by piero