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Springing Back

wtju
04/06/2024 33 min
Springing Back

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Episode Synopsis

Nearly 80 years ago, Juan José Arévalo took office as Guatemala’s first democratically elected head of state. Only a decade later, the CIA engineered his successor’s ouster — and the end of the Guatemalan revolution. A vicious civil war ensued over the rest of the century, killing as many as 200,000 civilians. Today, Guatemalans are hopeful that their newly elected leader, Bernardo Arévalo, son of the first president, will usher in a second political spring. But our two guests say he faces an uphill battle.