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Title
Ambassador Frank Ortiz and Guatemala’s “Killer President,” 1976–1980*.
Abstract
This article analyzes Frank Ortiz’s brief tenure as U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala (1979–1980). It argues that Ortiz’s recall highlights the ideological and practical limits of the Carter administration’s human rights-based foreign policy, and explains how Guatemala mitigated the absence of U.S. military assistance during the late 1970s.