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UnavailableFirst CIA coup in Latin America
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First CIA coup in Latin America

FromThe History Hour


Currently unavailable

First CIA coup in Latin America

FromThe History Hour

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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Jul 30, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this week's programme, we hear personal accounts of two fronts in America's Cold War fight against communism: Guatemala and Russia itself. Plus, the earthquake in China that killed a quarter of a million; riots in the English city of Liverpool; and remembering Picasso in his prime.



PHOTO: Army officers opposed to President Arbenz go over a map of the territory on their push to Zacapa and then to Guatemala City, July 1954. (AP Photo)
Released:
Jul 30, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

An hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.