Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Daga 1954 zuwa gaba Guatemala ta kasance karkashin mulkin 'yan mulkin soja da Amurka ta goyi baya, wanda ya kai ga
Yaƙin basasa na Guatemala wanda ya ci gaba har zuwa 1996. Kimanin fararen hula 200,000 ne aka kashe a yakin, kuma an aikata keta hakkin bil'adama da yawa, gami da kisan gillar fararen hula, fyade, harin sama, da kuma tilasta bacewar mutane. Daga cikin waɗannan keta haddin, kashi 93 cikin ɗari sojoji ne da Amurka ke tallafawa, wanda ya haɗa da yaƙin neman zaɓe na ƙona ƙasa a kan 'yan asalin Maya a cikin 1980s.