Their mission being, to understand that there is a:.
Desire of the American people to live together in peace, and, through their mutual understanding and respect for the sovereignty of each one, to provide for the betterment of all, in independence, in equality and under law. .
Two of the most important articles contained in the charter, pertaining to foreign government involvement, were articles nine and fifteen. Under article nine, it clearly states that any member state may " organize itself as it sees fit." With this article in place it would be of no question how Guatemala set up its democracy. When considering the actions taken against Guatemala in 1954 there should have been no concerns. Under article fifteen, .
No state or group of states has the right to intervene, directly or indirectly, for any reason whatsoever, in the internal or external affairs of any other state. The foregoing principle prohibits not only armed force but also any other form of interference or attempted threat against the personality of the state or against its political, economic and cultural elements .
Guidelines were evident enough that a democratic government could move forward without any concern, so long as they fell within the constraints of the agreement. Through the mid to late 1940s, Arevalos" ideas were "fuzzily socialistic", and other than banning the communist party, not many important reforms were taking place. As the Arevalo government lost momentum through the late 1940s, his progress was becoming negligible and challenges started coming in from landowners, merchants and a sizeable portion of the military. Arevalo lacked a substantial group to build his democracy on, so his government began to drift without purpose. .
When the Guatemalan president helped the revolutionary Jose Figueres in the Costa Rican civil war of 1948, it greatly antagonized one of his biggest supporters, Colonel Francisco Arana.
