Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Gore rimwe gare gare, mu"Operation PBSuccess", CIA yakabatsira mauto omunharaunda kugogodza hurumende yakasarudzwa zvematongerwe enyika yaJacobo Árbenz muGuatemala uye kugadza mutongi wemauto Carlos Castillo Armas. United Fruit Company yakatsigira kuti Árbenz akandwe pasi sezvo shanduko yake yepasi yakaisa pangozi nzvimbo yavo yepasi muGuatemala, uye yakaratidza shanduko idzi sekutyisidzira kwekomonisiti. Kubvuta kwacho kwakatanga hondo yevagari vemo yakatora makumi emakore
iyo yakatora upenyu hwevanhu vanofungidzirwa kuva 200 000 (42 275 mhaka dzomunhu oga dzakanyorwa), zvikurukuru kupfurikidza nokuurawa kwavanhu 626 kwaMaya kwakaitwa neuto reGuatemala rinotsigirwa neU.S. Imwe Historical Clarification Commission yakazvimiririra yakawana kuti makambani eU.S. nevakuru vakuru vehurumende "vakaita dzvinyiriro kuti vachengetedze chimiro chenyika chezvemagariro evanhu nehupfumi chisina kururama", uye kuti betsero yechiuto yeU.S. yakanga ine "kubatanidzwa kukuru mukutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu mukati mokurwisana kwakaitwa nezvombo".