Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mitemo inofambira mberi yaArévalo naArbenz yakatungamirira United Fruit Company kuti iite kuti hurumende yeUnited States ivhiringidzwe, uye kudengenyeka kwakarongwa neUnited States muna 1954 kwakagumisa chimurenga ndokuisa hurumende yechiuto. Ikoku kwakateverwa nedzimwe hurumende dzamauto, uye dzakabvisa
hondo yevagari vomunyika iyoyo yakatanga muna 1960 kusvika muna 1996. Hondo yacho yakaona kutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu, kusanganisira kuurayiwa kwevanhu vechiMaya nemasoja. Pashure pokuguma kwehondo muna 1997, Guatemala yakatangazve utongi hwegutsaruzhinji. Kubvira ipapo rakarwa kuti mutemo ushandiswe uye rinotambura nehuwandu hwehupfumi hwepamusoro uye kuenderera mberi kwekuuraya kunze kwekutongwa, kazhinji kunoitwa nemasimba ezvekuchengetedza.