page_title: Carlos Herrera
section_title: Presidency
hierarchical_section_title: Carlos Herrera / Biography / Presidency
caption_attribution_description: Español: Ciudad de Guatemala en 1921. Ya se había recuperado un poco de los terremotos de 1917-18,.
context_page_description: Carlos Herrera y Luna was acting President of Guatemala from March 30, 1920 to September 15, 1920 and President of Guatemala from September 16, 1920 until December 10, 1921.
context_section_description: After Manuel Estrada Cabrera was overthrown on April 14, 1920, the Unionist Party leaders, who were mostly conservatives, dealt with the liberal leaders from the Cabrera's regime such that they could appoint the new cabinet.  However, the liberal leaders outsmarted the conservatives and appoint Herrera Luna in office, in spite that he had served as a liberal representative for the whole 22 years that Estrada Cabrera's government lasted; furthermore, they also appointed several key members of the ousted government in the new administration. Under these circumstances, the deals that Estrada Cabrera had set with the United Fruit Company were sure to hold.  However, as an experienced business man, Herrera Luna realized that all of those concessions granted too much power to UFCO without any real benefit for Guatemala in return and did not accept them.
caption: 1917-18 earthquakes: the Cathedral no longer has towers, the "Cardboard Palace" is built where the colonial Royal Palace used to stand and the old colonial City Hall has disappeared and in its place a Chinese Palace was built.
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