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The Guatemalan Coup

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The C I a in Guatemala in 1954

There are two flavors of cos in latin america, or globaly. One is we do it the duer yourself cop where the c i a pays for it and does central casting for the tin pot dictator who's going to come later. The second flavor of co is to give the green light. They don't support the co directly but they tell the plotters, we support you if you go through with this. And because the united stands, that's the classic one. I mean, there there are many cases at this right?

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