 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutevera kuguma kwehutungamiri hwaArévalo muna 1951, Jacobo Árbenz akasarudzwa kuva mutungamiri wenyika mukukunda kukuru. Mutungamiri wemauto anofambira mberi wa1944 akaenderera mberi neshanduko dzaArévalo, uye akatanga chirongwa chekugadzirisa nyika chine chinangwa, chinozivikanwa seMutemo 900. Pasi payo, zvikamu zvisina kurimwa zvamapurazi makuru zvakabviswa mukutsinhana nemari, uye zvakagoverwazve kuvashandi vomumunda vaiva varombo. Vanhu vanenge 500 000 vakabatsirwa nomutemo iwoyo. Ruzhinji rwavo vakanga vari vanhu vomunzvimbomo, avo madzitateguru avo akanga abviswa zvinhu pashure pokupinda kwechiSpain. Mitemo yaÁrbenz haina kufadza United Fruit Company, iyo yakarasikirwa nedzimwe nzvimbo dzayo dzisina kurimwa. Kambani yacho yakakurudzira hurumende yeU.S. kuti ikandire pasi Árbenz, uye Dhipatimendi reHurumende rakapindura nokuronga kuputsa pasi pechikonzero chokuti Árbenz akanga ari komonisiti. Carlos Castillo Armas akatora simba ari mutungamiriri wehurumende yechiuto, achikonzera Hondo yevagari vomuGuatemala. Hondo yacho yakagara kubvira muna 1960 kusvika muna 1996, uye yakaona mauto aitsigirwa neU.S. achiuraya vanhu vechiMaya vokutanga, uye kutyorwa kwakapararira kwekodzero dzevanhu kurwisa vanhuwo zvavo. 