page_title: Manuel Estrada Cabrera
section_title: New military academy
hierarchical_section_title: Manuel Estrada Cabrera / Third presidential term / New military academy
caption_attribution_description: English: Homenaje al presidente Manuel Estrada Cabrera en 1915.
context_page_description: Manuel José Estrada Cabrera was President of Guatemala from 1898 to 1920. He was a lawyer with no military background and as President, he was a strong ruler, who modernised the country's industry and transport, but only by granting concessions to the American-owned United Fruit Company, whose influence on the government was felt by many to be excessive. Estrada Cabrera used increasingly brutal methods to assert his authority, including armed strike-breaking, and the general elections were effectively controlled by him. He retained power for 22 years through controlled elections in 1904, 1910, and 1916, and was eventually removed from office when the national assembly declared him mentally incompetent, and he was jailed for corruption.
context_section_description: Estrada Cabrera established a military academy in the Army Artillery Fort in 1915. The building, constructed in 1907, suffered severe damage during the 1917–1918 earthquakes, and was not open again until the end of 1919.
caption: Homage to Estrada Cabrera in 1915.
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