ABSTRACT
A feeling of great admiration dominated the attitude of Latin American leaders toward the United States from the era of independence to the closing years of the nineteenth century. The Yankeemania of Domingo failstine Sarmiento turned into the Yankeephobia of Manuel Ugarte, Eduardo Prado, and Rufino Blanco Fombona. Latin American leaders in the nineteenth century, seeking to orient their countries in new and progressive directions, regarded the United States and England as their models. Guillermo Toriello, Guatemalan ambassador to the United States at the time, describes the preparation of Operation Guatemala and his futile efforts to prevent its success. In January, 1953, there was a change of administration in the United States; a new party took over the reins of government. An anticipation of catastrophe ran throughout Latin America. The traditional Republic policy fused in a very natural way with the desires of other forces of reactionary and authoritarian tendency.
