In the era immediately following the coup that overthrew Jacobo Árbenz in 1954, how did the United States maintain its influence in Guatemala? The American government annexed Guatemala. The United States reclaimed all land confiscated in reforms. American operatives infiltrated and dissolved communist groups. A CIA appointee headed the new dictatorship.

A CIA appointee headed the new dictatorship

Explanation:

As the Cold War heated up in the 1950s, the United States made decisions on foreign policy with the goal of containing communism. To maintain its hegemony in the Western Hemisphere, the U.S. intervened in Guatemala in 1954 and removed its elected president, Jacobo Arbenz, on the premise that he was soft on communism.

The threat of communism spreading throughout Latin America gave the CIA the support to overthrow the Guatemala government without disrupting the United Fruit Company and their products.

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