Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom apologized to the family of Jacobo Arbenz . Arbenz was ousted in a coup in 1954 . Earlier this year , the commission negotiated a number of actions that the government promised to undertake . The U.S. State Department said it is working with Guatemala and other countries on an investigation into what happened during Guatemala's civil war from 1954-83.
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom apologized to the family of Jacobo Arbenz . Arbenz was ousted in a coup in 1954 . The U.S. State Department said it is working with Guatemala and other countries on an investigation into what happened during Guatemala's civil war from 1954-83.