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oct 10, 1954 - General election

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-elections supported by US government

-open ballot, & political parties couldn't participate --> vast majority voted for Árbenz (99.92%)

-change in law: only literate Guatemalans had right to vote (oppression of indigenous peasantry)

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oct 10, 1954
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~ 71 years ago