Guatemala Rhetorical Analysis

It is strongly inadvisable to take covert action on a nation that will most certainly be destroyed in its already shaken state. When analyzing the United State’s purpose of containing communism by means of replacing the Guatemalan leader, Jacobo Arbenz, with Carlos Castillo Armas, it is apparent that the United places more value on its own personal agenda over the struggles and wellbeing of the Guatemalan people. By failing to understand the country and recognize its issues, it is doubtful that the United States has considered the best interest of Guatemala and its people in addition to the repercussions that may arise. The prominent presence of the United Fruit Company in Guatemala is evident in its control of approximately 40,000 jobs in …show more content…
It is unjust to blatantly deceive an entire nation of people, which will result in a breach of trust between the government and its country. The people of the United States holds the government to a high standard of honesty and transparency, and to be intentionally mislead and kept in the dark will ultimately promote suspicion and distrust which will continue for generations to come. In addition, there are external factors that may influence the United Fruit Company’s future. The arrangement for “the return of all expropriated land” (Schlesinger and Kinzer, 219) does not solidify a continued future of profitability for the United Fruit Company. This covert operation in Guatemala increases the possibility of attracting attention to the fact that the company’s “monopoly on banana exports from countries like Guatemala was a violation of American antitrust laws” (Schlesinger and Kinzer, 220), resulting in an antitrust suit from the Justice Department. In such a case, a consent decree would force United Fruit Company into “curtailing its business in Guatemala by surrendering some of its trade to local companies and some of its land to local businessmen” (Schlesinger and Kinzer, 229), in addition to losing ownership of the IRCA Railroad Company and eventually, the remnants of company to Del Monte altogether. Considering the repercussions, it would be wise to avoid such a loss by retracting the mission of overthrowing Arbenz in the first

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