Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Masanin tarihi Nick Cullather ya rubuta cewa ta hanyar kifar da Árbenz, CIA ta ƙare da lalata burinta na farko na tsayayyen gwamnatin Guatemala. Masanin tarihi Stephen Streeter ya bayyana cewa yayin da Amurka ta cimma wasu manufofi na dabaru ta hanyar girka Castillo Armas "mai sassauci" a matsayin shugaban kasa, ta yi hakan ne a farashin cibiyoyin dimokiradiyya na Guatemala. Ya kara da cewa, duk da cewa Castillo Armas da alama zai aikata keta hakkin dan adam da ya aikata ba tare da kasancewar Amurka ba, Ma'aikatar Harkokin Wajen Amurka tabbas ta taimaka kuma ta ba da gudummawa ga aikin. Komawa baya ga manufofin ci gaba na gwamnatocin farar hula na baya ya haifar da jerin 'yan tawaye na hagu a karkara da suka fara a 1960. Wannan ya haifar da yakin basasa na Guatemala
tsakanin gwamnatin sojan Guatemala da Amurka ta goyi baya da 'yan tawaye na hagu, wadanda galibi suke alfahari da yawan mabiya a tsakanin' yan kasa. Yaƙin, wanda ya kasance tsakanin 1960 zuwa 1996, ya yi sanadin mutuwar fararen hula 200,000. Duk da cewa an aikata laifuka a kan fararen hula ta bangarorin biyu, kashi 93 cikin 100 na irin wannan zalunci da sojoji da Amurka ke tallafawa. Wadannan keta haddi sun hada da yakin basasa da aka yi wa 'yan asalin Maya a cikin shekarun 1980. Masana tarihi sun danganta tashin hankali na yakin basasa da juyin mulkin 1954, da kuma "tsoron kwaminisanci" wanda ya haifar.