Guatemalan leader Jacobo Arbenz GuzmánA) sought to reduce foreign corporations' control over his country's economy.B) was ousted by the KGB and replaced with a Soviet-friendly dictator.C) was a friend and close ally of Soviet premier Joseph Stalin before his death.D) appealed to President Eisenhower for military support to defeat a growing communist insurgency in Guatemala.E) was born in Moscow and became a nationalist after emigrating to Guatemala.

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Guatemalan leader Jacobo Arbenz GuzmánA)  sought to reduce foreign corporations' control over his country's economy.B)  was ousted by the KGB and replaced with a Soviet-friendly dictator.C)  was a friend and close ally of Soviet premier Joseph Stalin before his death.D)  appealed to President Eisenhower for military support to defeat a growing communist insurgency in Guatemala.E)  was born in Moscow and became a nationalist after emigrating to Guatemala.

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Final Answer : A, Explanation :  Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, as part of his agrarian reform policies, aimed to reduce the influence of foreign corporations, particularly the United Fruit Company, over Guatemala's economy. This move was one of the factors that led to his ousting in a CIA-backed coup.

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