Ike, The Dulles Brothers & Guatemala First Democratic Elections in Guatemala 1945 – Jacobo Arbenz campaigns as a left leaning reformer, becomes president in 1951 Agrarian Reform Bill/Decree 900 – Expropriation of uncultivated land – Purchased at tax value, paid for with sale of bonds – 1.5 million acres redistributed to 100,000 families – UFCO refused Guatemalan gov.
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