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    Jorge Ubico Castañeda (10 November 1878 – 14 June 1946), nicknamed Number Five or also Central America's Napoleon, was a Guatemalan military officer,...
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    dictators backed by the United States. In 1944, authoritarian leader Jorge Ubico was overthrown by a pro-democratic military coup, initiating a decade-long...
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  • The period in the history of Guatemala between the coups against Jorge Ubico in 1944 and Jacobo Árbenz in 1954 is known locally as the Revolution (Spanish:...
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    1944, after a popular uprising toppled the military dictatorship of Jorge Ubico. Juan José Arévalo was elected president in Guatemala's first democratic...
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    uprising. Jorge Ubico, the dictator of Guatemala from 1931 to 1944, was forced to resign on 1 July 1944 by a popular pro-democracy movement. Ubico appointed...
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  • también lloran" logró una audiencia de 4.3 millones de televidentes y se ubicó como lo más visto del horario estelar gracias a ti" (Tweet) (in Spanish)...
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  • also the last album recorded with guitarist Zoran Ilić. "Odlazi od mene, ubico, idi" features former female members of Đorđević's former band Suncokret...
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    from 1931 to 1944, as the wife of Guatemalan President and dictator Jorge Ubico Castañeda. She was born in Guatemala City, daughter of Victor Lainfiesta...
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    Orellana had the help of several army officers, among them general Jorge Ubico. On 5 December 1921, Orellana was appointed as Interim President, and eventually...
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    Guatemalan Revolution of 1944–54 overthrew the U.S. backed dictator Jorge Ubico and brought a democratically elected government to power. The government...
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