::I believe you and Ultra are mistaken. Ultra's edits appear to constitute original research and POV pushing. The section immediately preceding the quote from the State Department document says "The landed elite vehemently opposed any measure that would challenge their right to private property and immediately began publishing anti-reform pamphlets in which they complained that Communists had infiltrated the government.  Complicating the situation, the United Fruit Company immediately recognized that, given its massive land holdings, it would feel the impact of the agrarian reform more than any other entity in the country.  In stark contrast to the country's large landholders, Guatemalan peasants responded exuberantly to the reform.  Indeed, for some the land redistribution did not move quickly enough; they resorted to land seizure and the occupation of large plantations." The document does not deny the UFC's undeniable involvement in pushing for the coup. Ultra's edits give a mistaken impression that it does. NPOV doesn't mean that you have to give equal weight to every view (e.g. the moon landing didn't happen, the Illuminati control the world, etc.). You don't need to give equal weight to one newspaper quote versus every reliable academic history of Guatemala.