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publicly denounced
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However, on 16 December 1930 a coup d'état led by general
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Guatemalan president whatsoever. Whitehouse pressed the National Assembly to force Orellana Contreras to resign, taking advantage of Orellana's lack of political experience. and the American government needed a (USA loyal)stable regime in Guatemala.
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as chief of his secret police while in office. In attention to this, new president Ubico commissioned
Orellana Contreras as military attaché in the Guatemalan Embassy in Spain, where he worked until his death on 17 June 1940.
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suffered a stroke and was forced to resign. At the moment the coup took place, Orellana
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interim presidency. Palma, in turn, had been appointed president only four days earlier, when president
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General Orellana Contreras (center) with some relatives in
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587:"Biografía de Manuel María Orellana"
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827:Federal Republic of Central America
1282:People from El Progreso Department
854:direct central rule, 1826–27
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648:Dosal, Paul J. (1993).
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533:Nuestro Diario 1930a
474:Nuestro Diario 1930c
414:United Fruit Company
377:Biography portal
365:Guatemala portal
310:United Fruit Company
1297:Guatemalan generals
708:"We are not amused"
689:"Wrong horse No. 2"
643:on 12 January 2015.
462:Aquí Guatemala 2008
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389:Politics portal
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303:, ca. 1938.
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160:, Guatemala
113:Preceded by
1266:Categories
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1234:Giammattei
1165:Ríos Montt
1028:M. Estrada
941:Presidents
898:Valenzuela
860:J. Estrada
569:Time 1931b
545:Dosal 1993
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151:1870-12-17
104:1931-01-02
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489:Time 1930
301:Barcelona
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206:Guatemala
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968:Martínez
601:16 March
352:See also
78:De facto
28:Orellana
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