Francisco Javier Arana
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Francisco Javier Arana (1905 – 1949) was one of the three leaders of the military junta that ruled Guatemala from 20 October 1944 to 15 March 1945. In 1949, Arana was influenced by the American government and an American owned coproration in Guatemala called United Fruit (UFCO) to present the present and democratically elected president Arevalo an ultimatum to allow himself to be seen only as a figurehead ruler in a military run country. Arevalo then appealed to his friend and third member of the junta Jacobo Arbenz to help him protect their fragile and newborn democracy. Arbenz gave him the names of loyal democratic officers. These officers were then instructed to arrest Arana, but trouble mounted when he resisted arrested and he died as a result.
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