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
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
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
Estrada Cabrera follows with great precision the movements of foreigners within his boundaries.
From Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond by Franck, Harry Alverson
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