Question
In this country, the West German ambassador Karl von Spreti’s death prompted the assassination of a communist politician by the White Hand death squad. A 1967 book by Eduardo Galeano titled for this “occupied country” describes a leader of the rebel movement MR-13 being killed by a car bomb. A human rights activist from this country who founded the indigenous Winaq party also received the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize. This country experienced a 36-year civil war beginning with the assassination of Carlos Castillo Armas. During the Ten Years of Spring, a president of this country pushed land reform with Decree 900 but was overthrown in the CIA-backed Operation PBSuccess. For 10 points, name this Central American country where the United Fruit Company helped depose Jacobo Árbenz. ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Anirudh Bharadwaj | Penn A | Yale C | 53 | -5 |
Karsten Rynearson | Yale A | Haverford | 60 | 10 |
Cooper Roh | Columbia B | NYU B | 65 | 10 |
Aiden Dartley | Rutgers A | Columbia C | 68 | 10 |
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt | NYU A | Rowan A | 70 | 10 |
John John Groger | Columbia A | Princeton B | 106 | 10 |
Andrew Minagar | Yale B | Bard A | 108 | 10 |
Nathan Zhang | Cornell C | Penn B | 108 | 10 |
Simon Emmanuel | Rutgers B | Vassar | 108 | 10 |