UBICO, JORGE

hôrˈhā oobēˈkō, 1878–1946, president of Guatemala (1931–44). An army general, Ubico as president established financial stability and political order. He built an extensive network of roads and modernized local administrations to include increased health and school facilities. His methods, however, were authoritarian. He sternly suppressed opposition and twice engineered constitutional changes to extend his term of office. His efficient and honest but tyrannical rule ended when he was driven into exile by a democratic revolution following the revolt in Salvador that deposed Maximiliano Hernández Martínez.

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books on: Ubico Jorge  - 173 results

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Elections and Democracy in Central America, Revisited - Vol. 10
Book by Mitchell A. Seligson, John A. Booth; University of North Carolina Press, 1995
Subjects: Democracy--Central America, Elections--Central America, Political Culture--Central America, Voting--Central America
...Arturo Cruz, 219 n.5 Serrano Elias, Jorge, 1 , 15 , 31 , 277 , 283 Shafick Handal, Jorge, 58 Shultz, George, 131 Social democracy...Tribunal: Guatemala Trust, 161 -63, 175 Ubico, Jorge, 247 UNADE. See National Democratic Union...
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Dictionary of Latin American Theater
Book by Eladio Cortes, Mirta Barrea-Marlys; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Latin American Drama--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, Theater--Latin America--Dictionaries
...Tremont Art Group, 349 Triana, Jorge Ali, 141 Triana, Jose, 189 , 190...Amaru II, xxi Twain, Mark, 89 u Ubico, Jorge, 263 Ubidia, Abdon, 245 Ugarte...246 Vargas, Enrique, 163 Vargas, Jorge, 141 Vargas, Misael, 142 Vargas...
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Anti-Kommunism in Latin America
Book by Juan José Arévalo, Carleton Beals; L. Stuart, 1963
Subjects: Communism--Latin America, Communism--United States--1917-
...42 , 86 , 145 , 202 , 217 Truman H. S., 160 , 164 Ubico, Jorge, 13 , 15 , 89 , 45 , 115 -20 Union of Latin American...Vickers Cammel Laird, 95 Videla, Gonzeles, 96 Vigon, Jorge, 67 , 72 Voice of America, 185 Voltaire, 132 Wagner...
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The Legacy of the Monroe Doctrine: A Reference Guide to U.S. Involvement in Latin America and the Caribbean
Book by David W. Dent; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Caribbean Area--Foreign Relations--United States, Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Caribbean Area, United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America
...Manuel Peru , 325 , 332 -33, 373 ; Pacheco Areco, Jorge Uruguay , 355 , 356 ; Perez Jimenez, Marcos Venezuela...142 - 43, 144 , 145 , 147 , 149 , 219 , 225 , 226 ; Ubico, Jorge Guatemala , 191 , 193 , 198 ; Vargas, Getulio Brazil...
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Central America: Historical Perspectives on the Contemporary Crises
Book by Ralph Lee Woodward Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1988
Subjects: Central America--Foreign Relations, Central America--History--1821-1951, Central America--History--1951-, Geopolitics--Central America, Social Conflict--Central America
...Columbus", 152 Toj Medrano, Emetrio, 77 - 78 Toriello, Jorge, 88 "To Roosevelt", 151 -52 Torovenado , 180 Torrijos...239 UBAD United Black Association for Development , 201 Ubico, Jorge, 12 , 13 - 15 , 69 - 70 , 85 - 89 , 92 , 95 , 101 UDP...
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journal articles on: Ubico Jorge  - 11 results

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The U.s. Catholic Press on Guatemala
Journal article by Edward T. Brett; Journal of Church and State, Vol. 44, 2002
Subjects: Catholicism, Changes, Foreign policy, Guatemala, Magazines, Media coverage, Perceptions, Political dissent, Roman Catholic Church, United States
...careful to maintain good relations with Jorge Ubico, and the Guatemalan dictator reciprocated...Liberal presidential predecessors, Ubico was unsupportive of Protestant missionary...elections that followed the overthrow of Ubico, Arevalo made it clear that he intended...
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Home as a Place of Exhibition and Performance: Mayan Household Transformations in Guatemala(1)
Journal article by Walter E. Little; Ethnology, Vol. 39, 2000
Subjects: Guatemala--Social aspects, Travel industry--Guatemala, Women--Guatemala
...indigenous household activities came during the dictatorship of Jorge Ubico (1931-1944) in the Feria de Agosto(2) (also described...the tourist market. Mayas, however, were ordered by Ubico to participate in the fair in order to stimulate international...
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Speaking Truth to Power: Oppositional Research Practice and Colonial Power (Guatemala)
Journal article by Dawn Sutherland; Resources for Feminist Research, Vol. 23, 1995
Subjects: Central America, Colonialism, Guatemala, Human rights
...finally ended the long rule of U.S.-supported dictator Jorge Ubico. Juan Jose Arevalo was popularly elected in 1945 and embarked...Women Speak. Toronto: Womens Press, 1991. Solares, Jorge, ed. Estado y Nacion: las demandas de los grupos etnicos...
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Citizenship and the Social Geography of Deep Neo-liberalization
Journal article by John Gledhill; Anthropologica, Vol. 47, 2005
Subjects: Citizenship, Latin America, Neoliberalism, Poverty, Social geography, Urban studies
...is equally apparent in the case of "Latin" America. Jorge Klor de Alva (1995) may be technically correct to argue...shown how, under the patriarchal rule of the dictator Jorge Ubico in Guatemala, men and women living on the plantations...
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The Silencing of Maya Women from Mam[acute{a}
Journal article by Victoria Sanford; Vol. 27, 2000
Subjects: Guatemala--Massacres, Massacres--Guatemala, Race relations--Guatemala
...dating back to the near 14-year dictatorship of General Jorge Ubico, which ended in 1944. The connection between the stories...Norton and Company. Gonzalez-Ponciano, Ramacute{o}n Jorge 1998 Anuario 1997 -- Separada. "Esas sangres no estacute...
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magazine articles on: Ubico Jorge  - 4 results

 
 
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In the Lair of the Octopus
Magazine article by Gore Vidal; The Nation, Vol. 260, June 5, 1995
Subjects: Guatemala--Political aspects, Guatemalan foreign relations--United States, United States, United States foreign relations--Guatemala
...government. Who else? They kept Ubico in power all those years. Now theyre...idea for a novel. A dictator (like Ubico) returns from an American exile...crucial 1931-44 dictatorship of Jorge Ubico. I must say I find it disconcerting...
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Musings of a Minimalist: Called a Writer's Writer by Literary Greats, Augusto Monterroso Reveals, in Mini-Masterpieces, the Precarious and Humorous Condition of Humankind
Magazine article by Caleb Bach; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 54, January 2002
Subjects: Authors, Latin American--Biography, Authorship--Technique, Monterroso, Augusto--Biography, Political activists--Biography, Social classes--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...forties during the dictatorship of Jorge Ubico. Intent on pursing a literary career...near paralysis. Years ago, when Jorge Ruffinelli, at Stanford University...The Advantages and Disadvantages of Jorge Luis Borges," in which he recalls...
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Alvaro Colom in Search of Social Justice: Guatemala's New President Is Relying on the Support of the People and the Vigilance of the International Community to Bring about Profound Reform
Magazine article by Hector Pena Diaz; Americas (English Edition), Vol. 60, May-June 2008
Subjects: Colom, Alvaro--Interviews, Presidents (Government)--Interviews, Presidents--Interviews
...like passage toward one of the rooms in the National Palace--an imposing colonial structure built by the dictator Jorge Ubico. Perhaps because the building made him think about dictatorships and revolutions, Colom asked, seemingly out of the...
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Pox Americana
Magazine article; Monthly Review, Vol. 43, July 1991
Subjects: Covert operations, American--History, Military history--Analysis, Persian Gulf War, 1991--Analysis, United States--International relations
...philosophy professor, was elected president of the country following the student-led overthrow of long-time dictator Jorge Ubico. In his campaign Arevalo promised a group of peons on a large estate that, "If I am elected president, I shall take...


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newspaper articles on: Ubico Jorge  - 2 results

 
 
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Guatemala's Yen for Democracy Ebbing: Turnout Plummets after 2 Disappointing Chiefs, but Arzu May Restore Hope
Newspaper article by Robert Buckman; The Washington Times, January 21, 1996
Subjects: Arzu, Alvaro, Guatemala
...dictatorship of the enigmatic Jorge Ubico and paved the way for elections...1931-44 - Dictatorship of Jorge Ubico. July 1, 1944 - Mr. Ubico resigns; "Revolution of 1944...becomes president. January 1991 - Jorge Serrano becomes president...
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A Northern Madonna
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 4, 2007
...1913- 1971) was a young army colonel when he joined the revolutionary junta that overthrew long-time dictator Jorge Ubico in 1944. The junta quickly handed over power to a constitutionally elected government. Arbenz became Defence Minister...


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encyclopedia articles on: Ubico Jorge  - 3 results

 
 
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Ubico, Jorge
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
UBICO, JORGE hor ha oobe ko, 1878 1946, president of Guatemala (1931 44). An army general, Ubico as president established financial stability and political order. He built...
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Guatemala , Country, Central America
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...which established the Central American Court of Justice. Jorge Ubico became president in 1931, and his tenure was marked by...the power of the military. He was succeeded in 1990 by Jorge Serrano Elias, a right-wing businessman; Serrano adopted...
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HernÁndez MartÍnez, Maximiliano
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...by students, which erupted after his bloody suppression of an army uprising. The revolt spread to Guatemala, where Jorge Ubico was similarly deposed. Hernandez Martinez lived in exile in Honduras. ____________________ Copyright...


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