Editing Jacobo Árbenz (section)

==In popular culture==
The Guatemalan movie ''[[The Silence of Neto]]'' (1994), filmed on location in [[Antigua Guatemala]], takes place during the last months of the government of Árbenz. It follows the life of a fictional 12-year-old boy who is sheltered by the Árbenz family, set against a backdrop of the struggle in which the country is embroiled at the time.{{sfn|Borrayo Pérez|2011|pp=37–48}}

The story of Árbenz's life and subsequent overthrow in the CIA-sponsored coup d'état has been the subject of several books, notably ''PBSuccess: The CIA's covert operation to overthrow Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz June–July 1954''<ref>{{cite book |title=PBSuccess: The CIA's covert operation to overthrow Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz June–July 1954 |isbn = 978-1910777893|last1 = Overall|first1 = Mario|last2 = Hagedorn|first2 = Dan|year = 2016| publisher=Helion Limited }}</ref> by Mario Overall and Daniel Hagedorn (2016), ''American Propaganda, Media, And The Fall Of Jacobo Arbenz Guzman'' by Zachary Fisher (2014),<ref>{{cite book |title=American Propaganda, Media, And The Fall Of Jacobo Arbenz Guzman: American Propaganda, Popular Media, And The Fall Of Jacobo Arbenz Guzman |isbn = 978-3659528064|last1 = Zachary|first1 = Fisher|date = April 2014| publisher=Lap Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH KG }}</ref> as well as ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' best seller ''The Devil's Chessboard'' by [[David Talbot]] ([[HarperCollins]] 2015). The Árbenz story was also the subject of the multi award-winning 1997 documentary by Andreas Hoessli ''Devils Don't Dream!''<ref>{{cite web | url = http://icarusfilms.com/if-devils|title=Devils Don't Dream! }}</ref>