Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, the second elected President of Guatemala, was born in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala on September 14, 1913. Arbenz lived through the turbulent period of Guatemala’s early democracy. In 1950, he was elected by 60% of the vote. Arbenz continued the agricultural reforms and land redistribution started by his predecessor, to the anger of the… Continue reading Birthday of Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, President of Guatemala