United Fruit Company in Guatemala.

UFCO and Guatemala had great problems in the middle of the twentieth century.
After General Jorge Ubico was defeated, Juan Jose Arevalo Bermejo came to
power, who implemented a series of changes that went against what the UFCO
was seeking. President Arbenz Guzmán had 4 priorities in his government plans,
of which 3 directly affected UFCO. The first of the new government's priorities was
the creation of a law called the Agrarian Reform Law. The second of the policies
that affected UFCO was the construction of the port of Santo Tomas de Castilla,
which would compete directly with Puerto Barrios; a Port that was controlled by the
UFCO. The third policy to be implemented by Arbenz was the creation of an
electric plant, which would compete with the electric company called Electric Bond
and Share Company, which was owned by UFCO.
The United States Government, at the request of the United Fruit Company,
appointed President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán as a socialist and ally of the Soviet
Union. At this time, the world was in the Cold War between the United States and
the Soviet Union, so the fact that President Arbenz was called a socialist,
generated doubt in his mandate. On June 18, 1951, Colonel Castillo Armas,
supported by the United States Government and the fruit company, overthrew
President Arbenz.
As a consequence, It was the first direct CIA intervention in Latin America. The
coup against Arbenz and the Guatemalan working people kept the interests of
imperialism and the oligarchy intact. It inaugurated a prolonged period of decades
of bloody terror against workers, poor peasants, students, among others. It left a
balance of at least 200 thousand murders and political disappearances. Also,
Washington imposed a new military government, armed it, and pointed out a list of
people who should be eliminated immediately.
In conclusion, the United States government, by safeguarding the interests of its
company and removing President Arbez, left big problems in the territory of
Guatemala, taking it as we know, Arbenz was not really a socialist, but that he
looked after the good of the Majority of the population.