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Declaration
Guatemala declares the 1859 treaty with England void and reasserts its claim to Belize. -
Again...
Revolution occurs against eccentric Guatemala dictator Jorge Ubico. -
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President Jorge Ubico Castañeda resigns after two weeks of increasingly intense protests by men, women, workers, professionals, students, and teachers and after receiving a petition signed by 311 prominent individuals. Ubico gave power to a three man military junta consisting of Buenaventura Pineda, Eduardo Villagrán, and led by Federico Ponce Vaides. -
Federico Ponce...
Federico Ponce Vaides, leader of the military junta in power after President Jorge Ubico resigned, uses his troops to round up members of congress and forces them to vote him in as provisional president. -
Federico will not accept the presidency without holding popular elections."
Provisional President Federico Ponce Vaides states that he "categorically will not accept the presidency without holding popular elections." -
Juan José Arévalo...
Juan José Arévalo Bermejo of the Revolutionary Action Party is inaugurated president and serves his full six year term to March 15, 1951. -
Jorge Antonio Serrano Elías...
Jorge Antonio Serrano Elías, who served as president of Guatemala from January 14, 1991 to May 31, 1993, was born in Guatemala City. He was the son of Jorge Adán Serrano and Rosa Elías.
