Carlos Castillo Armas

Carlos Castillo Armas (November 4, 1914 – July 26, 1957) was a Guatemalan military officer and politician. He was the 28th president of Guatemala, serving from 1954 to 1957 after taking power in a coup d’état. A member of the right-wing National Liberation Movement party, his authoritarian government was closely allied with the United States. His reversal of the reforms of...