THE REASONS AND RESULTS OF THE USA’S INTERVENTION IN GUATEMALA IN JUNE, 1954
The article is devoted to the reasons and political-economic consequences of the USA’s intervention in Guatemala in June, 1954. The article is based on the analysis of some the sources, concerning the activities of the US State Department and CIA in Guatemala in the second half of 1954. On their basis the author comes to the conclusion about there were changes in sociopolitical life of Guatemalan society which were equitable to the interests of the USA. As a result the Guatemalan economy was thrown back for ten years, and the established pro-American dictatorship returned Guatemala into an orbit of the USA’s influence on continent.