cia midterm

DECREE 900

Arbenz's land reform program passed by Guatemalan congress in 1952

Kekchi Indian Massacre

At least 140 Kekchi Indians were slaughtered by government forces for petioning to protect their land

Rios Montt

Guatemalan general known for genocide against the Mayans

Army of Liberation

An army of mercenaries from Guatemala sent to enter Guatemala and overthrow Arbenz's government

Bishop Gerardi

A Guatemalan Catholic bishop who wrote a report on military government atrocities against the Mayan people; Bludgeoned to death with a concrete block.

General Zahedi

Iranian general picked by the CIA to led the 1953 coup against Mossadegh (Operation AJAX)

AIOC (anlgo-iranian oil company)

British oil company that was nationalized by the Iranian government in 1951.

Savak

Brutal secret police of the Shah that tortured and killed thousands

Kermit Roosevelt

CIA operative in Tehran that organized Operation Ajax

Rashidian Brothers

3 wealthy Iranian brothers that worked with the CIA to help operation Ajax succeed

Ramparts Magazine

Left-wing magazine that exposed the CIA for funding anti-communist education groups (ex. the NSA)

Pinochet

Military dictator of Chile who overthrew the government and worked with the CIA against leftist opponents

Jay Lovestone

Communist Apostate that worked closely with the CIA from the 1950s-1970s against left-wing labor unions

CIA and Plane Crash Assassinations

Jaime Roldos Aguilera, president of Ecuador, in 1981

CUT

Chile's biggest labor federation that the CIA tried and failed to turn against president Allende.