... , some of which being land, employment and social reforms. Under the auspice of communist infiltration, the United States and its corporations were concerned that Guatemala represented " a serious threat to hemispheric solidarity and to our security in the Caribbean area." The National Security Act (NSA) of 1947, and the creation of the CIA because of that act, radically changed the direction and ... no one on its" side, their autonomous foreign and domestic policies alienated them from the rest of Central America. As of September 11, 1953 Guatemala represented " a serious threat to hemi...

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