intervention of americas
Arnold Trujillo
November 1st 2013
Dr. I. Bunting
Political Science 10
Intervention of the United states of the Americas
As stated under the Monroe Doctrin, The United States has claimed the western hemisphere to be free of European Imperialism and influence without consent of any countries on the western hemisphere. Another document implemented under Theodore Roosevelt’s term the Roosevelt corollary, which was an extension of the Monroe Doctrine: stated the United States had the right to see other countries be orderly stable and prosperous if the United States saw a country to un-orderly and uncivilized it had the right to intervene militarily. The Corollary set forth the idea of the United States being a worldwide watchdog. This corollary was the justification for U.S. intervention in Latin America Guatemala The story of Guatemala begins in the 1940’s when the peoples of Guatemala overthrow their right winged political system, but to understand the moment of the uprising it is important to know the story before the incident. In 1898 Manuel Estrada Cabrera became the dictator of Guatemala. Cabrera allowed exclusive trading rights for The United Fruit Company (A U.S. company). UFCO had many monopolies the most important where the railroads which were controlled by the UFCO as permited by Cabrera and owned over seventy percent of the land. Guatemala became the headquarters of the UFCO. In 1944 the peoples of Guatemala overthrow their dictator Jorge Ubico and democratically elected Dr. Juan Bermejo. Bermejo wrote a new constitution, improved healthcare and made education a priority. Bermejo was succeeded Jacobo Arbenz. Jacobo resumed the works of Bermejo. Under his term Arbenz committed to sins to the Eisenhower administration, he recognized all political parties including comminists and last he nationalized the land and gave it back to the peasants; most of that land belonged to the UFCO. Arbenz’s mistake of recognizing the communists, giving the land
November 1st 2013
Dr. I. Bunting
Political Science 10
Intervention of the United states of the Americas
As stated under the Monroe Doctrin, The United States has claimed the western hemisphere to be free of European Imperialism and influence without consent of any countries on the western hemisphere. Another document implemented under Theodore Roosevelt’s term the Roosevelt corollary, which was an extension of the Monroe Doctrine: stated the United States had the right to see other countries be orderly stable and prosperous if the United States saw a country to un-orderly and uncivilized it had the right to intervene militarily. The Corollary set forth the idea of the United States being a worldwide watchdog. This corollary was the justification for U.S. intervention in Latin America Guatemala The story of Guatemala begins in the 1940’s when the peoples of Guatemala overthrow their right winged political system, but to understand the moment of the uprising it is important to know the story before the incident. In 1898 Manuel Estrada Cabrera became the dictator of Guatemala. Cabrera allowed exclusive trading rights for The United Fruit Company (A U.S. company). UFCO had many monopolies the most important where the railroads which were controlled by the UFCO as permited by Cabrera and owned over seventy percent of the land. Guatemala became the headquarters of the UFCO. In 1944 the peoples of Guatemala overthrow their dictator Jorge Ubico and democratically elected Dr. Juan Bermejo. Bermejo wrote a new constitution, improved healthcare and made education a priority. Bermejo was succeeded Jacobo Arbenz. Jacobo resumed the works of Bermejo. Under his term Arbenz committed to sins to the Eisenhower administration, he recognized all political parties including comminists and last he nationalized the land and gave it back to the peasants; most of that land belonged to the UFCO. Arbenz’s mistake of recognizing the communists, giving the land