Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munyori wenhau dzakaitika Nick Cullather akanyora kuti nokubvisa Árbenz pachigaro, CIA yakazoguma yakanganisa chinangwa chayo chokutanga chohurumende yeGuatemala yakagadzikana. Munyori wenhau dzakaitika Stephen Streeter akataura kuti nepo US yakawana zvimwe zvinangwa zvine hungwaru nekugadza Castillo Armas "anochinjika" semutungamiri wenyika, yakazviita nemutengo wemasangano eGuatemala anozvigadzira. Anoenderera mberi achiti, kunyange hazvo Castillo Armas angadai akaita kutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu kwaakaita kunyangwe pasina kuvapo kweUS, US State Department zvirokwazvo yakabatsira nekutsigira maitiro aya. Kudzokera shure kwemitemo inofambira mberi yehurumende dzaichimbova dzevagari vemo kwakaguma nenhevedzano yekumukira kuruboshwe mumaruwa kutanga muna 1960. Ikoku kwakaparira
Hondo yevagari vomuGuatemala pakati pehurumende yechiuto yeGuatemala inotsigirwa neUnited States nevanopandukira kuruboshwe, avo vaiwanzodada nekutevera kwakakura pakati pevagari. Kurwisana kwacho, uko kwakapfuurira pakati pa1960 na1996, kwakaguma norufu rwavanhuwo zvavo 200 000. Kunyange zvazvo utsotsi hwaitirwa vanhuwo zvavo hwakatanga kumativi ose ari maviri, zvikamu 93 muzana zvezvakaipa zvakadaro zvakaitwa nemauto anotsigirwa neUnited States. Mhosva idzi dzinosanganisira kuparadza kwaiitwa vanhu vechiMaya mumakore okuma1980. Vanyori venhau dzakaitika vakapa chisimba chehondo yevagari vemo ku 1954 coup, uye "anti-communist paranoia" iyo yakabereka.