Guatemala Coup 2025. The general secretariat of the organization of american states on friday condemned “the attempted coup d’état by the public ministry of guatemala” for the attempt by. The fact that the population, the business elite, and the international community are united in their opposition against the coup, gives some hope to save guatemala’s democracy.
The dreams of a democratic guatemala were dashed in 1954 when the cia manufactured a coup against president jacobo arbenz to defend the interests of the united. The intertwined anniversaries this year of guatemala’s 1944 revolution and the 1954 coup that ended it provide an essential lens for understanding both guatemala’s history and u.s.