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Also Known As Jorge Ubico Castañeda • Tata
Born November 10, 1878 • Guatemala City • Guatemala
Died June 14, 1946 (aged 67) • New Orleans • Louisiana
Title / Office president (1931-1944), Guatemala
Efraín Ríos Montt
dictator of Guatemala
Fernando Romeo Lucas García
president of Guatemala
Bernardo Arévalo
Guatemalan politician and writer
Álvaro Arzú
president of Guatemala
Jacobo Arbenz
Jacobo Arbenz
president of Guatemala
Miguel Ángel Asturias.
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Guatemalan author and diplomat
Rafael Carrera
ruler of Guatemala
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
president of Guatemala
Juan José Arévalo
president of Guatemala
Manuel Estrada Cabrera
Manuel Estrada Cabrera
president of Guatemala
Lorenzo Montúfar y Rivera Maestre
Guatemalan statesman
Justo Rufino Barrios
Justo Rufino Barrios
president of Guatemala
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador
Robert Redfield
American anthropologist
Frans Ferdinand Blom
Danish archaeologist
Heydar Aliyev
president of Azerbaijan
Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
French military commander
Reinhard Gehlen
German general
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Mexican military officer