After the coup, Guatemala endured a succession of brutal dictatorships so oppressive that a 36-year civil war began in 1960 that killed over 200,000 people, mostly Mayan. To this day, the U.S. continues to support a militarized white oligarchy ruling amid widespread poverty and violence that drives Guatemalans to seek asylum in the U.S.
JFK paid the price for trying to turn the U.S. into an "unfriendly country."
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