Anti-Сommunist University Students Committee
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Anti-Сommunist University Students Committee (Comite de Estudiantes Universitarios
Anticomunistas), (CEUA). Right, anti-communist organization in Guatemala
, which had been active since late 1953.
Its founders and leaders were Mario Sandoval Alarcon
, Lionel Sisniega Otero, Mario Lopez Villatoro, and Eduardo Taracena de la Cerda. Lionel Sisniega Otero was a broadcaster for the clandestine radio the liberation movement operated before Arbenz's
resignation, together with Mario Lopez Villatoro and Jose Toron Barrios, who were both killed by the guerrillas in the 1960s.
They fought against the government of Arbenz
. Headed by a young activist, the group counted 50 members in the capital and a nationwide network of sympathetic students ready to risk arrest for the cause.
After the coup in 1954 CEUA supported the Government Armas
.
Bibliography
Secret History: The CIA's Classified Account of Its Operations in Guatemala, 1952-1954.(Review)
The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. September 22, 2000.
Communism in Guatemala, 1944-1954. by Ronald M. Schneider Published in 1979, Octagon Books (New York).
Political parties of the Americas : Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies / edited by Robert J. Alexander. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1982.
Political and agrarian development in Guatemala. by Susan A. Berger Published in 1992, Westview Press (Boulder).
A case history of communist penetration: Guatemala. by United States. Dept. of State. Office of Public Services. Published in 1957, (Washington).
Gleijeses, Piero, Shattered Hope: The Guatemalan Revolution and the United States, 1944-1954, Princeton, 1991.
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture: 2nd ed. 2008.
Anticomunistas), (CEUA). Right, anti-communist organization in Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
, which had been active since late 1953.
Its founders and leaders were Mario Sandoval Alarcon
Mario Sandoval Alarcón
Mario Sandoval Alarcón was a Guatemalan politician. He is the founder in 1960 of the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional . In 1954, he helped support colonel Carlos Castillo's coup against Jacobo Arbenz....
, Lionel Sisniega Otero, Mario Lopez Villatoro, and Eduardo Taracena de la Cerda. Lionel Sisniega Otero was a broadcaster for the clandestine radio the liberation movement operated before Arbenz's
Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán
Colonel Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as Defense Minister of Guatemala from 1944–1951, and as President of Guatemala from 1951 to 1954....
resignation, together with Mario Lopez Villatoro and Jose Toron Barrios, who were both killed by the guerrillas in the 1960s.
They fought against the government of Arbenz
Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán
Colonel Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as Defense Minister of Guatemala from 1944–1951, and as President of Guatemala from 1951 to 1954....
. Headed by a young activist, the group counted 50 members in the capital and a nationwide network of sympathetic students ready to risk arrest for the cause.
After the coup in 1954 CEUA supported the Government Armas
Carlos Castillo Armas
Carlos Castillo Armas was a Guatemalan Colonel who came to power in a CIA-orchestrated coup in 1954. He held the title of President of Guatemala from July 8, 1954 until his assassination in 1957.-The coup:...
.
Bibliography
Secret History: The CIA's Classified Account of Its Operations in Guatemala, 1952-1954.(Review)
The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. September 22, 2000.
Communism in Guatemala, 1944-1954. by Ronald M. Schneider Published in 1979, Octagon Books (New York).
Political parties of the Americas : Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies / edited by Robert J. Alexander. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1982.
Political and agrarian development in Guatemala. by Susan A. Berger Published in 1992, Westview Press (Boulder).
A case history of communist penetration: Guatemala. by United States. Dept. of State. Office of Public Services. Published in 1957, (Washington).
Gleijeses, Piero, Shattered Hope: The Guatemalan Revolution and the United States, 1944-1954, Princeton, 1991.
Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture: 2nd ed. 2008.