Answer: The U.S. government had fears about Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman because they believed he was a communist sympathizer and that his government was supporting leftist groups in the region. The U.S. government also had concerns about Arbenz's land reform policies, which sought to redistribute land to peasant farmers, as some of the affected land belonged to U.S. companies such as the United Fruit Company. The CIA orchestrated a coup against him in 1954, as part of a covert operation called "Operation PBSUCCESS," which was authorized by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The U.S. government believed that removing Arbenz from power was necessary to protect U.S. interests in the region and prevent the spread of communism in Latin America.
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