How and why did the us fight the cold war in Guatemala?

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Van Castillo

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16 December, 08:24

How and why did the us fight the cold war in Guatemala?

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Kathleen Barber · Answer 1

To maintain its hegemony in the Western Hemisphere

Erica Dillon · Answer 2

Answer: As the Cold War heated up in the 1950s, the United States made decisions on foreign policy with the goal of containing communism. To maintain its hegemony in the Western Hemisphere, the U. S. intervened in Guatemala in 1954 and removed its elected president, Jacobo Arbenz, on the premise that he was soft on communism.