Estrada Cabrera
Americannoun
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The prize renewed interest in “Mr. President,” which draws from the autocratic reign from 1898 to 1920 of the Guatemalan dictator Manuel Estrada Cabrera.
From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2022
The dictator isn’t named either, but he is based on a real person: Manuel Estrada Cabrera, Guatemala’s president for the first two decades of the 20th century.
From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2020
In real life, Estrada Cabrera modernized Guatemala by opening it to U.S. capital.
From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2020
As a young man, Asturias saw how Estrada Cabrera ruled Guatemala with ever-increasing doses of cynicism and sadism.
From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2020
These are correct statements, for the sentiment of profound sympathy and admiration which President Estrada Cabrera and the whole people of Guatemala entertain for President Roosevelt and for the American people are very marked.
From Guatemala, the country of the future by Pepper, Charles M.
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