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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Guatemala (section Jorge Ubico regime (1931–1944))
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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Federico Ponce Vaides, who had temporarily taken over from ousted dictator Jorge Ubico. He was the Minister of Finance in 1945. http://lcweb5.loc...
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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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repression of agrarian laborers by the United States-backed dictator Jorge Ubico, and was personally required to escort chain-gangs of prisoners, an experience...
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Party to achieve taxation power for Jorge Ubico. It is said[by whom?] he received specific instructions from Jorge Ubico and the Liberal Party to convene...
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Guatemalan Civil War (section Jorge Ubico regime)
kilometres (25 mi) a day to reach such markets. In 1931, the dictator General Jorge Ubico came to power, backed by the United States. While an efficient administrator...
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History of Guatemala City (section Jorge Ubico regime)
Earthquakes in 1917–1918 destroyed many historic structures. Under Jorge Ubico in the 1930s a hippodrome and many new public buildings were constructed...
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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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Marta Lainfiesta Dorión (redirect from Marta Lainfiesta de Ubico)
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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