Independent Anti-Communist Party of the West
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Independent Anti-Communist Party of the West (Partido Independiente Anticomunista Occidental), PIACO.
Guatemalan right-wing party, founded in 1953. The leading anti-Communist party in the Western part of Guatemala
. Leader: Inez Nuño. PIACO fought against the government of Arbenz
. After the coup in 1954 supported the government Carlos Castillo Armas
. Then collaborated with Ydígoras Fuentes.
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.
Guatemalan right-wing party, founded in 1953. The leading anti-Communist party in the Western part of 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...
. Leader: Inez Nuño. PIACO 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....
. After the coup in 1954 supported the government Carlos Castillo 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:...
. Then collaborated with Ydígoras Fuentes.
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.