 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1954 Mutungamiri weGuatemala akasarudzwa zvematongerwe enyika Jacobo Árbenz akakandirwa pachigaro nemutungamiriri wemauto akarurama aitsigirwa neUnited States, Carlos Castillo Armas, mukubvuta hurumende kwemauto. Hondo yevagari vemo yeGuatemala yemakore makumi matatu nematanhatu yakatanga mukutanga kwema1960 nekumukira kwemauto nemapoka evapanduki vekuruboshwe vachipesana nehutongi hutsva. Pakupindura, hurumende yeGuatemala yakashandisa nzira dzokurwisa-vapanduki, uye chisimba chohurumende norutyo zvakatanga kuwedzera. Kurwisana kwacho kwakawedzera mumakore okuma1970 uye kwakava nokuparadzwa kukuru uye kuurawa kwevanhu kwakanyanya mumakore okuma1979 kusvika muna 1984. Hondo yevagari vemuGuatemala yakapera neChibvumirano cheOslo cha1996 icho chakazivisa kumira kwepamutemo kwehondo pakati pehurumende yeGuatemala nemauto eGuatemala National Revolutionary Unity Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca, URNG. 