Timeline
Discussion Questions
Digital Resources
Discussion Questions
- What was the Guatemalan Revolution?
- How did the Guatemalan Revolution transition into the Guatemalan Civil War?
- What does Ladino mean? Is it unique to Guatemala?
- Who are the Maya?
- How did economic imperialism effect the US response to the Guatemalan Civil War?
- How did economic imperialism effect US views on race in Guatemala?
- How powerful was communist ideology in Guatemala?
- What was the perceived threat of communism in Guatemala?
- How did the US intervention change relations with the rest of Latin America? What about the rest of the world?
- What are the effects of a conflict like this on the development of a nation?
Digital Resources
This collection of documents record CIA actions taken during the 1954 Coup.
The National Security Archive “CIA and Assassinations: The Guatemala 1954 Documents” https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB4/
This archive digitizes documents from the Guatemalan National Police Historical Archive .
The University of Texas at Austin “Digital Archive of the Guatemalan National Police Historical Archive” https://ahpn.lib.utexas.edu/home
As part of the National Security Archive Guatemala Project, this collection of US documents records the dealing with the Guatemalan Military.
The National Security Archive “The Guatemalan Military: What the U.S. Files Reveal, Volume II Documents” https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB32/vol2.html
This page explains and contextualizes the files on project Sophia, directly connecting them to other documents used in this project.
The National Security Archive. “Operation Sofia: Documenting Genocide in Guatemala” https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//NSAEBB/NSAEBB297/index.htm
This collection introduces the Guatemalan Death Squad Dossier, as well as several other documents from the US embassy monitoring the humanitarian crisis.
The National Security Archive “Guatemalan Death Squad Dossier” https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB15/