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Colonel Carlos Aldana Sandoval was a

Federico Ponce Vaides in October 1944. At the time of the uprising, Sandoval held the rank of Major in the Guardia de Honor, a powerful unit of the military.[1] Sandoval, one of the leaders of the plot among the military (along with Jacobo Árbenz[2]), was among those who felt that the plot should remain among the military: however, Árbenz insisted on including civilians in the process.[2] Sandoval was able to persuade Francisco Javier Arana to join the coup in its final stages,[3] but did not participate in the actual coup.[4] Historian Piero Gleijeses stated that Sandoval was among the plotters who lost his nerve at the last minute.[3]

In 1950, Sandoval was serving as the Minister for Public Works in the government of Juan José Arévalo. At the time, he held the rank of Colonel.[5] After the coup attempt in 1949 by Arana and Arana's subsequent death at the hands of a force led by Árbenz, Sandoval was among the cabinet ministers who were in favor of telling the public the entire truth about Arana's death; however, they were overruled, because Arévalo was afraid the truth would further inflame the citizenry.[3]

Sandoval also served as Minister for Communications in the government of Jacobo Árbenz.[6] He was later appointed the Guatemalan government's ambassador to the United States; while in this position, he was known to express concern that the Guatemalan government had leftist tendencies within it.[7]

During the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état, he was among those influenced by the Central Intelligence Agency's campaign of psychological warfare: he remarked that the rebel forces led by Carlos Castillo Armas were being strengthened by thousands of volunteers, which led to his belief that Árbenz could not hold on to power.[6] Sandoval was a member of a military junta created by Carlos Enrique Díaz de León that was supposed to take over the government should Árbenz fall ill.[8] Sandoval eventually sought asylum in the embassy of El Salvador.[9]

References

  1. ^ Gleijeses 1992, p. 28.
  2. ^ a b Gleijeses 1992, p. 140.
  3. ^ a b c Gleijeses 1992, p. 50.
  4. ^ Gleijeses 1992, p. 148.
  5. ^ McGehee 1994, pp. 49–81.
  6. ^ a b Schlesinger & Kinzer 1999, p. 185.
  7. ^ Gleijeses 1992, p. 203.
  8. ^ Holly 2003, p. 5.
  9. ^ Gleijeses 1992, p. 346.

Sources

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  • Holly, Susan K. (2003). Foreign Relations of the United States,1952–1954: Guatemala. Government Printing Office. p. 5.
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  • McGehee, Richard V. (1994). "Revolution, Democracy, and Sport: The Guatemalan "Olympics" of 1950" (PDF). Olympika: The International Journal of Olympic Studies. 3. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  • Schlesinger, Stephen;
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