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Devils Don't Dream!

Overview

Before his journey into exile Jacobo Arbenz, the overthrown President of Guatemala, is presented to photographers stripped down to his underwear: an image seen around the world. Arbenz had led the successful 1944 revolt against the military dictatorship, a regime that had oppressed Guatemala since colonialism. Arbenz, the son of Swiss immigrants, was celebrated as a national hero. Elected President in 1950, Arbenz was not a member of any party - he didn't issue any manifestos. But he began to fulfill his promises - farmers got their own land. 'The first act of justice since colonial times,' said Arbenz. In the early 1950s, with the Cold War intensifying, then Vice President Richard Nixon said, 'Arbenz is not a Guatemalan President.' Nixon called him 'a foreigner, manipulated by foreign powers.' The young President of Guatemala was soon overthrown, declared a traitor, and chased out of the country.

RATING

7.30

DIRECTOR

Andreas Hoessli

COUNTRIE

Switzerland

RELEASE DATE

1997

TIME

1h 30m

GENRE

Documentary

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Jacobo Árbenz‌

Jacobo Árbenz

Self (archive footage)

Winston Churchill‌

Winston Churchill

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon‌

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

E. Howard Hunt‌

E. Howard Hunt

Self (the CIA agent)

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