The Independent Anti-Communist Party of the West ( es, Partido Independiente Anticomunista Occidental; PIACO) was a Guatemalan right-wing party founded in 1953. Led by
Inez Nuño, it was the leading anti-Communist party in the Western part of
Guatemala. PIACO fought against the government of
Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán
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. After the coup in 1954, it supported the government of
Carlos Castillo Armas, and subsequently collaborated with
Ydígoras Fuentes.
References
* Secret History: The CIA's Classified Account of Its Operations in Guatemala, 1952-1954. (Review) The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. September 22, 2000.
* Communism in Guatemala, 1944-1954. by Ronald M. Schneider Published in 1979, Octagon Books (New York).
* Political parties of the Americas : Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies / edited by Robert J. Alexander. Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press, 1982.
* Political and agrarian development in Guatemala. by Susan A. Berger Published in 1992,
Westview Press
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(Boulder).
* A case history of communist penetration: Guatemala. by United States. Dept. of State. Office of Public Services. Published in 1957, (Washington).
* Gleijeses, Piero, Shattered Hope: The Guatemalan Revolution and the United States, 1944-1954, Princeton, 1991.
* Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture: 2nd ed. 2008.
1953 establishments in Guatemala
Anti-communist parties
Conservative parties in Guatemala
Defunct political parties in Guatemala
Guatemalan Revolution
Political parties established in 1953
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