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Apr 12, 2024 · Jorge Ubico (born Nov. 10, 1878, Guatemala City—died June 14, 1946, New Orleans, La., U.S.) was a soldier and dictator who ruled Guatemala for 13 years (1931–44). Ubico received a commission in the Guatemalan army in 1897, distinguished himself in several campaigns, and rose to the rank of colonel. In 1907 he was appointed governor of Alta ...
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Jorge Ubico Castañeda (10 November 1878 – 14 June 1946), nicknamed Number Five or also Central America's Napoleon, was a Guatemalan military officer, politician, and dictator who served as the president of Guatemala from 1931 to 1944. A general in the Guatemalan military, he was elected to the presidency in 1931, in an election where he was ...
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Born to Arturo Ubico Urruela, a lawyer and politician of the Guatemalan liberal party who was also a wealthy landowner. President Justo Rufino Barrios was Ubico's godfather. Jorge Ubico was sheltered for most of his childhood. He was privately tutored and attended school in Guatemala's most prestigious institutions as well as receiving further educ...
In 1930, President Lazaro Chacon resigned after having a stroke. By that time, Guatemala was in the midst of the Great Depression and bankrupt. The Liberal Party joined with the Progressives to nominate Ubico as the successor, and although he was the only candidate on the ballot, he received 305,841 votes. In his inaugural address, he pledged a "ma...
As president of Guatemala from 1931 to 1944, Ubico served as Latin America's final Liberal authoritarian ruler. "The Little Napoleon of the Tropics" idolized the real Napoleonand felt that he resembled his icon. As president, he improved the infrastructure of his country, fixing up and expanding roadways and providing more schools and health facili...
Borge, Thomas. 1992. The Patient Impatience. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press. ISBN 9780915306978.Grieb, Kenneth J. 1979. Guatemalan Caudillo, the regime of Jorge Ubico: Guatemala, 1931-1944. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821403792.Hook, Steven W., and John W. Spanier. 2000. American Foreign Policy Since World War II. Washington, DC: CQ Press. ISBN 9781568025780.Kinzer, Stephen. 2006. Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq. New York: Times Books/Henry Holt. ISBN 9780805078619.Ubico became president of Guatemala in 1931 following a period of political chaos which included the illness of the incumbent president, an attempted military coup, and intense maneuvering which led to an election in which Ubico emerged as the sole candidate. Hence Ubico assumed office by unanimous election.
The rise of General Jorge Ubico to power in Guatemala during 1930. and 1931 produced a flurry of charges and countercharges regarding American involvement. While allegations of various sorts were normal. in any change of government in Central America during this period, the. accusations that the United States installed Ubico in office were more ...
Jorge Ubico Castañeda (10 November 1878 – 14 June 1946), nicknamed Number Five or also Central America's Napoleon, was a Guatemalan dictator. A general in the Guatemalan army, he was elected to the presidency in 1931, in an election where he was the only candidate. He continued his predecessors' policies of giving massive concessions to the United Fruit Company and wealthy landowners, as ...
Between 1840 and 1944, four men ruled Guatemala a total of seventy-five years. The last and one of the most controversial of these strong Presidents was Don Jorge Ubico y Castañeda who governed the nation from 1931 until 1944. A member of Guatemala's elite, Ubico enforced political tranquility, promoted administrative probity, substituted the prosecution of vagrancy for debt peonage, and ...
