Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga 1954 zuwa gaba Guatemala ta mallaki jerin masu mulkin kama karya da Amurka ta goyi baya, wanda ya haifar da yakin basasar 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.